†Paleotomus carbonensis Secord 1998 (eutherian)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: R. Secord. 1998. Paleocene mammalian biostratigraphy of the Carbon Basin, southeastern Wyoming, and age constraints on local phases of tectonism. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):119-154
Belongs to Paleotomus according to R. Secord 1998
Sister taxa: Paleotomus junior, Paleotomus milleri, Paleotomus radagasti, Paleotomus senior
Type specimen: Its type locality is Halfway Hill Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian/Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Hanna Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.