Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Alternative combinations: Ectypodus silberlingi, Mesodma silberlingi
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83:221-244
Belongs to Mimetodon according to D. W. Krause 1977
See also Schiebout 1974, Simpson 1935 and Van Valen and Sloan 1966
Sister taxa: Mimetodon churchilli, Mimetodon krausei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (9: Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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