Arctostylops Matthew 1915 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Arctostylopidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part IV. - Entelonychia, Primates, Insectivora (part). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(14):429-483

Parent taxon: Arctostylopidae according to P. Missiaen et al. 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Matthew 1915 and Tong and Wang 2006

Sister taxa: Anatolostylops, Arctostylopinae, Asiostylopinae, Bothriostylopinae, Enantiostylops, Kazachostylopinae, Palaeostylops, Sinostylops, Stenostylops, Wanostylops

Subtaxa: Arctostylops steini

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Type: Arctostylops steini

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Clarkforkian of United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

• Paleocene of Mongolia (2), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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