†Planetetherium Simpson 1928 (colugo)
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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: Dermoptera according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1928 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Dermotherium, Elpidophorus, Eudermoptera, Galeopithecoidea, Plagiomene, Worlandia
Subtaxa: Planetetherium mirabile
Type: Planetetherium mirabile
Ecology: arboreal folivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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