Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Invalid subtaxa: Ptilodus admirabilis Hay 1930, Ptilodus gracilis Gidley 1909 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1908. Vertebrate fossils from the Fort Union beds. Annals of Carnegie Museum 5(2):11-26
Belongs to Ptilodus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Douglass 1908, Gazin 1969, Simpson 1935 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Ptilodus ferronensis, Ptilodus fractus, Ptilodus gnomus, Ptilodus kummae, Ptilodus mediaevus, Ptilodus tsosiensis, Ptilodus wyomingensis
Type specimens:
- Ptilodus montanus: Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana
- Ptilodus admirabilis:
- Ptilodus gracilis:
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (9: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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