†Ellipsodon sternbergi Gazin 1939 (condylarth)
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Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Alternative combination: Litaletes sternbergi
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1939. A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah. Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 29(7):273-286
Belongs to Ellipsodon according to T. E. Williamson 1996
See also Gazin 1939, Gazin 1941, Hunter 1997, Robison 1986 and Van Valen 1978
Sister taxa: Ellipsodon grangeri, Ellipsodon inaequidens, Ellipsodon yotankae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Dragon Canyon
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