Neoplagiaulax grangeri Simpson 1935 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Alternative combination: Ectypodus grangeri

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83:221-244

Belongs to Neoplagiaulax according to C. L. Gazin 1969

See also Simpson 1935

Sister taxa: Neoplagiaulax burgessi, Neoplagiaulax donaldorum, Neoplagiaulax hazeni, Neoplagiaulax hunteri, 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 Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (5: Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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