Wortmania Hay 1899 (taeniodont)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae

Invalid subtaxa: Hemiganus Cope 1882 [replaced name], Robertschochia Lucas 2011, Schochia Lucas and Williamson 1993

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On the Names of Certain North American Fossil Vertebrates. Science 9(225):593-594

Parent taxon: Stylinodontidae according to T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte 2013

See also Alroy 2002, Clemens 2013, Cope 1882, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Lucas 2011, Lucas et al. 1998, Lucas and Williamson 1993, Matthew 1937, Rook and Hunter 2011, Schoch 1981 and Schoch 1986

Sister taxa: Chungchienia, Ectoganus, Psittacotherium, Schowalteria, Stylinodon

Subtaxa: Wortmania otariidens

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (9: Montana, New Mexico collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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