Unnuakomys Eberle et al. 2019 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pediomyidae

Full reference: J. J. Eberle, W. A. Clemens, P. J. McCarthy, A. R. Fiorillo, G. M. Erickson and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2019. Northernmost record of the Metatheria: a new Late Cretaceous pediomyid from the North Slope of Alaska. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(21):1805-1824

Parent taxon: Pediomyidae according to J. J. Eberle et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Iqualadelphis, Leptalestes, Pediomys, Petaurinae, Protolambda, Solatherium

Subtaxa: Unnuakomys hutchisoni

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Type: Unnuakomys hutchisoni

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pediomys Point, Colville River (Cretaceous of Alaska)

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