Ectypodus simpsoni Jepsen 1930 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Alternative combination: Parectypodus simpsoni

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131

Belongs to Ectypodus according to G. L. Jepsen 1940

See also Jepsen 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Sloan 1966 and Sloan 1981

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

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: Wyoming collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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