Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae
Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to P. D. Gingerich 1980
See also Alroy 2002, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose et al. 2012 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Pentacodon, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia
Subtaxa: Palaeosinopa aestuarium Palaeosinopa didelphoides Palaeosinopa dorri Palaeosinopa incerta Palaeosinopa lacus Palaeosinopa lutreola Palaeosinopa nunavutensis Palaeosinopa reclusum Palaeosinopa russelli Palaeosinopa veterrima
Type: Palaeosinopa veterrima
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (90: Colorado, Mississippi, North Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (21: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 117 collections including 129 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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