Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Full reference: D. W. Krause. 1987. Baiotomeus, a New Ptilodontid Multituberculate (Mammalia) from the Middle Paleocene of Western North America . Journal of Paleontology 61(3):595-603
Parent taxon: Ptilodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Krause 1987, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Scott et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Aenigmamys, Allacodon, Camptomus, Kimbetohia, Prochetodon, Ptilodus
Subtaxa: Baiotomeus douglassi Baiotomeus lamberti Baiotomeus rhothonion Baiotomeus russelli
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (8: Alberta collections), United States (12: Montana, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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