Prothryptacodon ambiguus Van Valen 1967 (placental)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Alternative combination: Pantinomia ambigua

Full reference: L. Van Valen. 1967. New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284

Belongs to Prothryptacodon according to T. E. Williamson 1996

See also Tsentas 1981, Van Valen 1967, Van Valen 1978 and Williamson and Lucas 1993

Sister taxa: Prothryptacodon albertensis, Prothryptacodon furens, Prothryptacodon hilli

Type specimen: AMNH 16591, a mandible

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at West Flank Torreon Wash (Pantolambda Zone) (Paleocene of New Mexico)

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