Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131
Parent taxon: Neoplagiaulacidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Jepsen 1930, Jepsen 1940, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott et al. 2013, Sloan 1966, Sloan 1981 and Sloan and Van Valen 1965
Sister taxa: Cernaysia, Ectypodus, Filikomys, Krauseia, Mesodma, Mesodmops, Mimetodon, Neoplagiaulax, Nidimys, Parikimys, Xanclomys, Xyronomys
Subtaxa: Parectypodus armstrongi Parectypodus corystes Parectypodus foxi Parectypodus lunatus Parectypodus sinclairi Parectypodus sloani Parectypodus sylviae Parectypodus trovessartianus Parectypodus vanvaleni
Type: Parectypodus simpsoni
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (27: Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (17: Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)
Total: 53 collections including 58 occurrences
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