Pantolestes natans Matthew 1909 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

Belongs to Pantolestes according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Matthew 1909

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

Type specimen: AMNH 12153, a mandible

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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