Protentomodon Simpson 1928 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1928. A new mammalian fauna from the Fort Union of southern Montana. American Museum Novitates 297:1-15

Parent taxon: Pentacodontidae according to L. Van Valen 1967

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Amaramnis, Aphronorus, Bisonalveus, Coriphagus, Eurolestes

Subtaxa: Protentomodon ursirivalis

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Type: Protentomodon ursirivalis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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