Iridodon datzae Morlo and Gunnell 2003 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Full reference: M. Morlo and G. F. Gunnell. 2003. Small Limnocyonines (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) From the Bridgerian Middle Eocene of Wyoming: Thinocyon, Prolimnocyon, And Iridodon, New Genus. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(2):43-78

Belongs to Iridodon according to M. Morlo and G. F. Gunnell 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMMP 103465, a mandible. Its type locality is Cathedral Bluffs (UNSM), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cathedral Bluffs (UNSM)

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