Allacodon Marsh 1889 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. Part II. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:177-180

Parent taxon: Ptilodontidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Alroy 2002, Hay 1902, Marsh 1889 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Aenigmamys, Baiotomeus, Kimbetohia, Prochetodon, Ptilodus

Subtaxa: Allacodon fortis Allacodon pumilus

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Type: Allacodon lentus

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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