Ellipsodon sternbergi Gazin 1939 (condylarth)

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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