Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Picopsidae
Full reference: W. A. Clemens and J. A. Lillegraven. 1986. New Late Cretaceous, North American advanced therian mammals that fit neither the marsupial nor eutherian molds. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:55-85
Belongs to Falepetrus according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Clemens and Lillegraven 1986 and Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 86316, a tooth (isolated right upper molariform tooth). Its type locality is Barwin Quarry (AMNH), which is in a Judithian channel conglomerate/sandstone in the Mesaverde Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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