Ectypodus childei Kühne 1969 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Alternative combinations: Charlesmooria childei, Parectypodus childei

Full reference: W. G. Kühne. 1969. A multituberculate from the Eocene of the London Basin. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1658:199-202

Belongs to Ectypodus according to J. J. Hooker 2010

See also Krause 1982, Kühne 1969 and Sloan 1981

Sister taxa: Ectypodus aphronorus, Ectypodus arctos, Ectypodus laytoni, Ectypodus lovei, Ectypodus musculus, Ectypodus powelli, Ectypodus riansensis, Ectypodus simpsoni, Ectypodus szalayi, Ectypodus tardus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Abbey Wood, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Blackheath Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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