Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1940. Paleocene faunas of the Polecat Bench Formation, Park County, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 83(2):217-341
Belongs to Ectypodus according to G. L. Jepsen 1940
See also Gazin 1969 and Gingerich 1987
Sister taxa: Ectypodus aphronorus, Ectypodus arctos, Ectypodus childei, Ectypodus laytoni, Ectypodus lovei, Ectypodus musculus, Ectypodus riansensis, Ectypodus simpsoni, Ectypodus szalayi, Ectypodus tardus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (9: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (12: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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