Desmatoclaenus Gazin 1941 (placental)

Mammalia - Condylarthra

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1941. The mammalian faunas of the Paleocene of central Utah, with notes on the geology. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91(3121):1-53

Parent taxon: Condylarthra according to C. L. Gazin 1941

See also Archibald 1998 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Didolodontoidea, Hyopsodontidae, Meniscotheridae, Paroxyclaenidae, Pleuraspidotheriidae

Subtaxa: Desmatoclaenus dianae Desmatoclaenus hermaeus Desmatoclaenus mearae Desmatoclaenus protogonioides

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Type: Desmatoclaenus hermaeus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (11: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences

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