†Apistodon exiguus Fox 1971 (metatherian)
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Alternative combination: Pediomys exiguus
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1971. Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):145-164
Belongs to Apistodon according to B. M. Davis 2007
See also Clemens 1979, Fox 1971 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UALVP 5536, a tooth (RM1). Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-4), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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