Mammalia - Cimolesta - Titanoideidae
Synonym: Sparactolambda Patterson 1939
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1917. Notice of new Paleocene mammal, a possible relative of the Titanotheres. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2187):431-435
Parent taxon: Titanoideidae according to E. L. Simons 1960
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, de Muizon and Marshall 1992, Gazin 1956, Gingerich 1996, Gingerich and Childress 1983, Lucas 1998, Patterson 1934 and Patterson 1939
Sister taxon: Thulitheripus
Subtaxa: Titanoides gidleyi Titanoides looki Titanoides major Titanoides nanus Titanoides primaevus
Type: Titanoides primaevus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (11: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (24: Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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