Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Full reference: M. C. McKenna. 1960. Fossil Mammalia from the early Wasatchian Four Mile fauna, Eocene of northwest Colorado. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 37(1):1-130
Belongs to Peradectes according to L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky 1983
See also McKenna 1960 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Peradectes austrinum, Peradectes californicus, Peradectes chesteri, Peradectes coprexeches, Peradectes elegans, Peradectes gulottai, Peradectes louisi, Peradectes minor
Type specimen: Its type locality is West Alheit Pocket, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (14: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (5: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (2: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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