Parectypodus vanvaleni Sloan 1981 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Full reference: R. E. Sloan. 1981. Systematics of Paleocene multituberculates from the San Juan Basin, NewMexico. Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology 127-160

Belongs to Parectypodus according to R. E. Sloan 1981

Sister taxa: Parectypodus armstrongi, Parectypodus corystes, Parectypodus foxi, Parectypodus lunatus, Parectypodus sinclairi, Parectypodus sloani, Parectypodus sylviae, Parectypodus trovessartianus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mammalon Hill

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