Paleotomus senior Simpson 1937 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae

Alternative combination: Palaeosinopa senior

Synonym: Palaeosinopa simpsoni Van Valen 1967

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1937. Additions to the Upper Paleocene fauna of the Crazy Mountain field. American Museum Novitates 940

Belongs to Paleotomus according to C. S. Scott et al. 2002

See also Gingerich 1980, Krause and Gingerich 1983, Krause and Maas 1990, Simpson 1937 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Paleotomus carbonensis, Paleotomus junior, Paleotomus milleri, Paleotomus radagasti

Type specimens:

  • Paleotomus senior: AMNH 33990, a tooth (isolated m3). Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.
  • Palaeosinopa simpsoni: AMNH 33991, a tooth (Right M1). Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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