Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
Alternative combination: Parectypodus jepseni
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83:221-244
Belongs to Stygimys according to D. L. Lofgren et al. 2005
See also Scott 2003, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1935 and Sloan and Van Valen 1965
Sister taxa: Stygimys camptorhiza, Stygimys gratus, Stygimys kuszmauli, Stygimys teilhardi, Stygimys vastus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (4: Montana)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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