Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Alternative combination: Ectypodus hazeni
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1940. Paleocene faunas of the Polecat Bench Formation, Park County, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 83(2):217-341
Belongs to Neoplagiaulax according to R. Secord 2008
See also Jepsen 1940, Krause 1977 and Sloan 1987
Sister taxa: Neoplagiaulax burgessi, Neoplagiaulax donaldorum, Neoplagiaulax grangeri, Neoplagiaulax hunteri, Neoplagiaulax jepi, Neoplagiaulax kremnus, Neoplagiaulax macintyrei, Neoplagiaulax macrotomeus, Neoplagiaulax mckennai, Neoplagiaulax nanophus, Neoplagiaulax nelsoni, Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis, Neoplagiaulax serrator
Type specimen: Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (7: North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.