Microcosmodon harleyi Weil 1998 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae

Full reference: A. Weil. 1998. A new species of Microcosmodon (Mammalia: Multituberculata)from the Paleocene Tullock Formation of Montana, and an argument for the Microcosmodontinae. PaleoBios 18(2/3):1-15

Belongs to Microcosmodon according to A. Weil 1998

Sister taxa: Microcosmodon arcuatus, Microcosmodon conus, Microcosmodon rosei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yellow Sand Hill 7 (UCMP V-75193), which is in a Puercan channel siltstone/sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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