Mammalia - Acreodi - Triisodontidae
Alternative combinations: Mioclaenus levisanus, Triisodon levisianus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. First addition to the fauna of the Puerco Epoch. Paleontological Bulletin 36:545-563
Belongs to Goniacodon according to C. S. Scott et al. 2013
See also Cope 1883, Gingerich 1978, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1937, Rigby 1980, Scott 1892, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxon: Goniacodon hiawathae
Type specimen: AMNH 3217, a mandible (Right dentary with p4 (fragment) and m1–2). Its type locality is Rock Bench Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (14: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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