Palaeosinopa didelphoides Cope 1881 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pantolestidae

Alternative combination: Ictops didelphoides

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On the Vertebrata of the Wind River Eocene beds of Wyoming. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):183-202

Belongs to Palaeosinopa according to P. D. Gingerich 1980

See also Cope 1881, Hay 1902 and McKenna 1960

Sister taxa: Palaeosinopa aestuarium, Palaeosinopa dorri, Palaeosinopa incerta, Palaeosinopa lacus, Palaeosinopa lutreola, Palaeosinopa nunavutensis, Palaeosinopa reclusum, Palaeosinopa russelli, Palaeosinopa veterrima

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (7: Wyoming collections)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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