Crustulus fontanus Clemens 2017 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta

Full reference: W.A. Clemens. 2017. A pantodont (Mammalia) from the latest Puercan North American Land Mammal Age (earliest Paleocene) of the Western Interior, USA. Historical Biology 1-5

Belongs to Crustulus according to W.A. Clemens 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 136524, a tooth (upper M1 or M2). Its type locality is Biscuit Springs (UCMP V-74122), which is in a Puercan fine channel fill siltstone/sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Biscuit Springs (UCMP V-74122)

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