†Mixodectes pungens Cope 1883 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Mixodectidae

Synonyms: Mixodectes copei Osborn 1902, Mixodectes crassiusculus Cope 1883, Olbodotes copei Osborn 1902

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. First addition to the fauna of the Puerco Epoch. Paleontological Bulletin 36:545-563

Belongs to Mixodectes according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Cope 1883, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1937, Osborn 1902, Szalay 1969, Tsentas 1981, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993

Sister taxon: Mixodectes malaris

Type specimens:

  • Mixodectes pungens: A.M.N.H. No. 3081, a mandible (fragmentary left mandible with P3-M3).
  • Mixodectes crassiusculus:
  • Olbodotes copei: AMNH 2385, a mandible (left lower jaw).

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (4: New Mexico collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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