Pappotherium Slaughter 1965 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pappotheriidae

Synonym: Slaughteria Butler 1978

Full reference: B. H. Slaughter. 1965. A therian from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Texas. Postilla 93:1-18

Parent taxon: Pappotheriidae according to R. L. Cifelli and B. M. Davis 2015

See also Bi et al. 2015, Butler 1978, Davis and Cifelli 2011, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Martin and Rauhut 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Slaughter 1965, Van Valen 1967 and Winkler et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pappotherium pattersoni

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Type: Pappotherium pattersoni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences

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