†Pentacodon inversus Cope 1888 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Alternative combination: Chriacus inversus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1888. Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Puerco Series. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 16(2):298-361
Belongs to Pentacodon according to T. E. Williamson 1996
See also Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1937, Scott 1892 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxon: Pentacodon occultus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: New Mexico collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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