Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Synonym: Chirox Cope 1884
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. Eocene Plagiaulacidae. American Naturalist 15:921-922
Parent taxon: Ptilodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1884, Gazin 1969, Granger and Simpson 1929, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1937, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rigby 1980, Schiebout 1974, Scott et al. 2002, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1929 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Aenigmamys, Allacodon, Baiotomeus, Camptomus, Kimbetohia, Prochetodon
Subtaxa: Ptilodus ferronensis Ptilodus fractus Ptilodus gnomus Ptilodus kummae Ptilodus mediaevus Ptilodus montanus Ptilodus tsosiensis Ptilodus wyomingensis
Type: Ptilodus mediaevus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (19: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (72: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 94 collections including 99 occurrences
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