Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Alternative combination: Ectypodus hunteri
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. A new fauna from the Fort Union of Montana. American Museum Novitates 873
Belongs to Neoplagiaulax according to D. W. Krause and P. D. Gingerich 1983
See also Krause 1977 and Simpson 1936
Sister taxa: Neoplagiaulax burgessi, Neoplagiaulax donaldorum, Neoplagiaulax grangeri, Neoplagiaulax hazeni, Neoplagiaulax jepi, Neoplagiaulax kremnus, Neoplagiaulax macintyrei, Neoplagiaulax macrotomeus, Neoplagiaulax mckennai, Neoplagiaulax molestus, Neoplagiaulax nanophus, Neoplagiaulax nelsoni, Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis, Neoplagiaulax serrator
Type specimen: Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (9: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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