Tathiodon agilis Simpson 1927 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Paurodontidae

Alternative combination: Tanaodon agilis

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mesozoic Mammalia. VI. Genera of Morrison pantotheres. American Journal of Science 13:409-416

Belongs to Tathiodon according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 13649, a mandible (left mandible with two molars). Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM)

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