Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pediomyidae
Alternative combination: Pediomys prokrejcii
Synonym: Pediomys fassetti Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg 1987
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1979. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Alberta. II. Pediomys Marsh (Marsupialia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:103
Belongs to Leptalestes according to B. M. Davis 2007
See also Fox 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Rigby and Wolberg 1987
Sister taxa: Leptalestes cooki, Leptalestes krejcii, Leptalestes toevsi
Type specimens:
- Leptalestes prokrejcii: UALVP 14817, a maxilla (left fragmentary maxilla with M1-2). Its type locality is Irvine microvertebrate site, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
- Pediomys fassetti: UNM B1734. Its type locality is Fossil Forest Quarry 1, which is in an Edmontonian terrestrial horizon in New Mexico.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (3: Montana, New Mexico)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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