Protoselene ashtoni Lofgren et al. 2014 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Full reference: D. Lofgren, M. McKenna, J. Honey, R. Nydam, C. Wheaton, B. Yokote, L. Henn, W. Hanlon, S. Manning and C. McGee. 2014. New Records of Eutherian Mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and Their Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications. American Museum Novitates 3797:1-57

Belongs to Protoselene according to D. Lofgren et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Protoselene griphus, Protoselene novissimus, Protoselene opisthacus

Type specimen: RAM 9047, a mandible (left dentary fragment with a partially erupted p4 and m1). Its type locality is RAM locality V200702, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial horizon in the Goler Formation of California.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at RAM locality V200702

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