Aatotomus Rankin 2014 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pantolestidae

Full reference: B. D. Rankin. 2014. New pantolestids (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the late Paleocene (late middle Tiffanian) Roche Percée local fauna, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1199-1211

Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to B. D. Rankin 2014

Sister taxa: Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Palaeosinopa, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia

Subtaxa: Aatotomus placochton

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Type: Aatotomus placochton

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution: found only at Roche Percée (Paleocene of Saskatchewan)

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