Goniacodon levisanus Cope 1883 (placental)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Triisodontidae

Alternative combinations: Mioclaenus levisanus, Triisodon levisianus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. First addition to the fauna of the Puerco Epoch. Paleontological Bulletin 36:545-563

Belongs to Goniacodon according to C. S. Scott et al. 2013

See also Cope 1883, Gingerich 1978, Hay 1902, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1937, Rigby 1980, Scott 1892, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993

Sister taxon: Goniacodon hiawathae

Type specimen: AMNH 3217, a mandible (Right dentary with p4 (fragment) and m1–2). Its type locality is Rock Bench Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (14: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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