Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Full reference: L. M. Van Valen. 1978. The beginning of the Age of Mammals. Evolutionary Theory 4:45-80
Belongs to Ellipsodon according to T. Williamson and T. Carr 2007
See also Van Valen 1978, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: Ellipsodon grangeri, Ellipsodon inaequidens, Ellipsodon sternbergi
Type specimen: ACM 6359, a set of teeth. Its type locality is 3/4 mile south of Route 44, which is in a Puercan/Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (9: New Mexico collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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