Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13:1-7
Parent taxon: Eucosmodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Hay 1930, Matthew and Granger 1921 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Clemensodon, Eucosmodontinae
Subtaxa: Eucosmodon americanus Eucosmodon molestus Eucosmodon primus Eucosmodon sparsus Eucosmodon ultimus
Type: Neoplagiaulax americanus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (37: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (5: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
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