Pentacosmodon Jepsen 1940 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1940. Paleocene faunas of the Polecat Bench Formation, Park County, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 83(2):217-341

Parent taxon: Microcosmodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001

See also Jepsen 1940 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Acheronodon, Allocosmodon, Alopocosmodon, Microcosmodon

Subtaxa: Pentacosmodon pronus

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Type: Pentacosmodon pronus

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (3: Wyoming)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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