Clinopternodus Clark 1937 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Micropternodontidae

Synonym: Clinodon Clark 1936

Parent taxon: Micropternodontidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Alroy 2002, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Van Valen 1966 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Cryptoryctes, Micropternodus, Sinosinopa

Subtaxa: Clinopternodus gracilis

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Peanut Peak Microfauna (Eocene of South Dakota)

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