Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Alternative combination: Ptilodus gidleyi
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83:221-244
Belongs to Anconodon according to G. L. Jepsen 1940
See also Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1935 and Sloan 1981
Sister taxa: Anconodon cochranensis, Anconodon russelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta collections), United States (5: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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