Pantolestes elegans Marsh 1872 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae

Alternative combination: Anisacodon elegans

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224

Belongs to Pantolestes according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Dorr 1977, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Marsh 1872 and Matthew 1909

Sister taxa: Pantolestes intermedius, Pantolestes longicaudus, Pantolestes natans, Pantolestes phocipes, Pantolestes sabatieri

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pantolestes elegans in the database

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