†Pentacosmodon Jepsen 1940 (multituberculate)
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Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
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: Microcosmodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001
See also Jepsen 1940 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Acheronodon, Allocosmodon, Alopocosmodon, Microcosmodon
Subtaxa: Pentacosmodon pronus
Type: Pentacosmodon pronus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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