Presbytherium taurus Scott 2010 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cyriacotheriidae

Full reference: C. S. Scott. 2010. New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of Cyriacotheriidae. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):197-215

Belongs to Presbytherium according to C. S. Scott 2010

Sister taxon: Presbytherium rhodorugatus

Type specimen: UALVP 44185, a tooth (right P4). Its type locality is Who Nose?, which is in a To2 fluvial horizon in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Who Nose?

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