Eucosmodon Matthew and Granger 1921 (multituberculate)

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

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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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