Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. A new fauna from the Fort Union of Montana. American Museum Novitates 873
Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to C. S. Scott et al. 2002
See also Dorr 1977, Krause and Gingerich 1983, Lopatin 2006, Rigby 1980, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1936, Szalay 1969 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Palaeosinopa, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Pentacodon, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia
Subtaxa: Bessoecetor krausei Bessoecetor pilodontus Bessoecetor septentrionalis
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (14: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (19: California, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 33 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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