Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. Additions to the Puerco fauna, Lower Paleocene. American Museum Novitates 849
Belongs to Kimbetohia according to D. L. Lofgren et al. 2012
See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Simpson 1936
Sister taxon: Kimbetohia mziae
Type specimen: UCMP 31305, a partial skeleton (Skull fragment with left P2–4 and partial right P1). Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Mexico, Utah collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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