Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Synonym: Mictodon Fox 1984
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1976. Additions to the mammalian local fauna from the Upper Milk River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13:1105
Parent taxon: Spalacolestinae according to G. Han and J. Meng 2016
See also Averianov 2002, Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Cifelli and Madsen 1999, Fox 1976, Fox 1984, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Li and Luo 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Prothero 1981
Sister taxa: Aliaga, Heishanlestes, Lactodens, Shalbaatar, Spalacolestes, Spalacotheridium, Spalacotheroides, Yaverlestes
Subtaxa: Symmetrodontoides canadensis Symmetrodontoides foxi Symmetrodontoides oligodontos
Type: Symmetrodontoides canadensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (12: Montana, Utah)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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