Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae
Alternative combination: Polymastodon taoensis
Synonyms: Catopsalis pollux Cope 1882, Polymastodon latimolis Cope 1885, Taeniolabis triserialis Granger and Simpson 1929
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. New marsupials from the Puerco Eocene. The American Naturalist 16:684-686
Belongs to Taeniolabis according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2016
See also Cope 1882, Cope 1885, Cope 1885, Eberle and Lillegraven 1998, Granger and Simpson 1929, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1937, Osborn 1930, Simmons 1986 and Simmons 1987
Sister taxa: Taeniolabis lamberti, Taeniolabis scalper, Taeniolabis sulcatus, Polymastodon selenodus, Polymastodon attenuatus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (12: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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