Aenigmamys aries 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

Belongs to Aenigmamys according to C. S. Scott 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 2011.096.0771, a mandible. Its type locality is Sheep Ahoy!, which is in a Pu2 terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Willow Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sheep Ahoy!

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