Melaniella Fox 1984 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1984. Melaniella timosa n. gen. and sp., an unusual mammal from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 21:1335-1338

Parent taxon: Palaeanodonta according to R. C. Fox 1984

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Amelotabes, Arcticanodon, Epoicotheriidae, Ernanodon, Escavadodontidae, Metacheiromyidae

Subtaxa: Melaniella timosa

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Type: Melaniella timosa

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Saxonella Locality (Paleocene of Alberta)

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