Allacodon pumilus Marsh 1889 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Alternative combination: Allacodon pumilis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. Part II. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:177-180

Belongs to Allacodon according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Alroy 2002, Hay 1902 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Allacodon fortis, Allacodon lentus

Type specimen: YPM 10372, a tooth (upper premolar)

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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