Aenigmamys Scott 2021 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Full reference: C. S. Scott. 2021. First mammal from the Willow Creek Formation: a new early Paleocene ptilodontid (Mammalia, Multituberculata) from near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Parent taxon: Ptilodontidae according to C. S. Scott 2021

Sister taxa: Allacodon, Baiotomeus, Camptomus, Kimbetohia, Prochetodon, Ptilodus

Subtaxa: Aenigmamys aries

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Type: Aenigmamys aries

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sheep Ahoy! (Paleocene of Alberta)

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