Huerfanodon torrejonius Schoch and Lucas 1981 (taeniodont)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Conoryctidae

Full reference: R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas. 1981. New Conoryctines (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) of Western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 62(4)

Belongs to Huerfanodon according to R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1981

Sister taxa: Huerfanodon heilprinianus, Huerfanodon polecatensis

Type specimen: USNM 15412, a partial skull (partial skull with right dentary fragments). Its type locality is Little Pocket, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Little Pocket

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