Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae
Alternative combination: Polymastodon fissidens
Synonym: Catopsalis utahensis Gazin 1939
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. Second addition to the knowledge of the Puerco Epoch. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 21(114):309-324
Belongs to Catopsalis according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. E. Sloan 1979
See also Buckley 1995, Cope 1884, Gazin 1939, Gazin 1941, Granger and Simpson 1929, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lucas et al. 1997, Matthew 1937, Williamson et al. 2016 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: Catopsalis alexanderi, Catopsalis calgariensis, Catopsalis foliatus, Catopsalis kakwa, Catopsalis waddleae
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: New Mexico, Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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