Titanoides gidleyi Jepsen 1930 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Titanoideidae

Synonym: Titanoides zeuxis Simpson 1937

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131

Belongs to Titanoides according to E. L. Simons 1960

See also Gingerich 1996, Jepsen 1930 and Simpson 1937

Sister taxa: Titanoides looki, Titanoides major, Titanoides nanus, Titanoides primaevus

Type specimens:

  • Titanoides gidleyi: PU 13235, a mandible. Its type locality is Titanoides gidleyi Locality, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
  • Titanoides zeuxis: AMNH 35201, a mandible. Its type locality is Titanoides zeuxis Locality, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union No. 3 (Melville) Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (9: Montana, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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