†Huerfanodon polecatensis Schoch and Lucas 1981 (taeniodont)
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Mammalia - Taeniodonta - Conoryctidae
Full reference: R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas. 1981. New Conoryctines (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) of Western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 62(4)
Belongs to Huerfanodon according to R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1981
Sister taxa: Huerfanodon heilprinianus, Huerfanodon torrejonius
Type specimen: PU 14718, a mandible (right dentary fragment with P3-M2). Its type locality is Rock Bench Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Rock Bench Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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