†Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927 (colugo)

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Synonym: Elpidophorus patratus Simpson 1936

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mammalian fauna and correlation of the Paskapoo Formation of Alberta. American Museum Novitates 268:1-10

Belongs to Elpidophorus according to G. G. Simpson 1936

See also Hay 1930, Rose 1975, Simpson 1927 and Szalay 1969

Sister taxon: Elpidophorus minor

Type specimens:

  • Elpidophorus elegans: A.M.N.H. No. 15541, a mandible (fragment of right ramus of a young specimen, with M1-2).
  • Elpidophorus patratus: Amer. Mus. No. 33857, a mandible (left lower jaw with P3-M3). Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.

Ecology: arboreal folivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (10: Alberta collections), United States (6: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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