Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae
Full reference: C. S. Scott, A. Weil, and J. M. Theodor. 2018. A new, diminutive species of Catopsalis (Mammalia, Multituberculata, Taeniolabidoidea) from the early Paleocene of southwestern Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 92(5):896-910
Belongs to Catopsalis according to C. S. Scott et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Catopsalis alexanderi, Catopsalis calgariensis, Catopsalis fissidens, Catopsalis foliatus, Catopsalis waddleae
Type specimen: TMP 2012.024.0063, a tooth. Its type locality is Zagas Quarry (TMP locality L2391), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial siltstone in the Porcupine Hills Formation of Canada.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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