Ectypodus szalayi Sloan 1981 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Full reference: R. E. Sloan. 1981. Systematics of Paleocene multituberculates from the San Juan Basin, NewMexico. Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology 127-160

Belongs to Ectypodus according to R. E. Sloan 1981

Sister taxa: Ectypodus aphronorus, Ectypodus arctos, Ectypodus childei, Ectypodus laytoni, Ectypodus lovei, Ectypodus musculus, Ectypodus powelli, Ectypodus riansensis, Ectypodus simpsoni, Ectypodus tardus

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 (2: Alberta collections), United States (3: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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