Paleotomus milleri Rigby, Jr. 1980 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby, Jr. 1980. Swain Quarry of the Fort Union Formation, Middle Paleocene (Torrejonian), Carbon County, Wyoming: geologic setting and mammalian fauna. Evolutionary Monographs 3:1-178

Belongs to Paleotomus according to J. K. Rigby 1980

Sister taxa: Paleotomus carbonensis, Paleotomus junior, Paleotomus radagasti, Paleotomus senior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Swain Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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