Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Synonym: Peradectes pauli Gazin 1956
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13:1-7
Belongs to Peradectes according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Gazin 1956, Holtzman 1978, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Matthew and Granger 1921 and Williamson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Peradectes austrinum, Peradectes californicus, Peradectes chesteri, Peradectes coprexeches, Peradectes gulottai, Peradectes louisi, Peradectes minor, Peradectes protinnominatus
Type specimens:
- Peradectes elegans: Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado
- Peradectes pauli: USNM 20879, a mandible. Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta), United States (8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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