Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Full reference: T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1979. Mimoperadectes, A New Marsupial, and Worlandia, A New Dermopteran, from the Lower Part of the Willwood Formation (Early Eocene), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(4):89-104
Parent taxon: Peradectidae according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2012
See also Bown and Rose 1979, Horovitz et al. 2009, Korth 1994, Krishtalka and Stucky 1983, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose et al. 2012 and Wilson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Armintodelphys, Caroloameghiniinae, Maastrichtidelphys, Peradectes, Peradectinae
Subtaxa: Mimoperadectes houdei Mimoperadectes labrus Mimoperadectes sowasheensis
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (23: Colorado, Mississippi, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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