Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1940. Paleocene faunas of the Polecat Bench Formation, Park County, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 83(2):217-341
Parent taxon: Ptilodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Jepsen 1940 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Aenigmamys, Allacodon, Baiotomeus, Camptomus, Kimbetohia, Ptilodus
Subtaxa: Prochetodon cavus Prochetodon foxi Prochetodon speirsae Prochetodon taxus
Type: Prochetodon cavus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (7: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (10: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (13: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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