Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Alternative combinations: Mimetodon trovessartianus, Ptilodus trouessartianus, Ptilodus trovessartianus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. New marsupials from the Puerco Eocene. The American Naturalist 16:684-686
Belongs to Parectypodus according to L. Van Valen and R. E. Sloan 1966
See also Cope 1882, Cope 1885, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jepsen 1940, Krause 1977 and Tsentas 1981
Sister taxa: Parectypodus armstrongi, Parectypodus corystes, Parectypodus foxi, Parectypodus lunatus, Parectypodus sinclairi, Parectypodus sloani, Parectypodus sylviae, Parectypodus vanvaleni
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Big Pocket (Paleocene of New Mexico)
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