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: Dermoptera according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also Bown and Rose 1979, Gingerich 1987 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Dermotherium, Elpidophorus, Eudermoptera, Galeopithecoidea, Plagiomene, Planetetherium
Subtaxa: Worlandia inusitata
Type: Worlandia inusitata
Ecology: arboreal folivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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