Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Synonyms: Embassis Cope 1873, Hypacodon McKenna 1960, Protictops Peterson 1934
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
Parent taxon: Geolabididae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Asher et al. 2005, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Korth et al. 2022, Lillegraven et al. 1981, Lofgren et al. 2020, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1960, McKenna and Bell 1997, McKenna et al. 1962, Peterson 1934, Robinson 1968, Scott 1941 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Batodonoides, Gobigeolabis, Marsholestes, Protictops alticuspidens, Stilpnodon
Subtaxa: Centetodon altidens Centetodon aztecus Centetodon bacchanalis Centetodon bembicophagus Centetodon chadronensis Centetodon divaricatus Centetodon hendryi Centetodon kuenzii Centetodon magnus Centetodon marginalis Centetodon neashami Centetodon patratus Centetodon pulcher Centetodon wolffi
Type: Centetodon pulcher
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (3: California, Florida, Nebraska)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (29: Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan), United States (119: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 159 collections including 185 occurrences
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