Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131
Parent taxon: Microcosmodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Jepsen 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wood and Ormsbee 1954
Sister taxa: Acheronodon, Allocosmodon, Alopocosmodon, Pentacosmodon
Subtaxa: Microcosmodon arcuatus Microcosmodon conus Microcosmodon harleyi Microcosmodon rosei
Type: Microcosmodon conus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (9: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (14: California, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
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