Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1971. Early Campanian multituberculates (Mammalia: Allotheria) from the upper Milk River Formation, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:916-938
Belongs to Mesodma according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979 and Fox 1971
Sister taxa: Mesodma ambigua, Mesodma formosa, Mesodma hensleighi, Mesodma pygmaea, Mesodma thompsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-4), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (2: New Mexico)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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