Epoicotherium Simpson 1927 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Epoicotheriidae

Invalid subtaxa: Pseudochrysochloris Turnbull and Reed 1967, Xenotherium Douglass 1905 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Epoicotheriidae according to K. D. Rose 1978

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Douglass 1905, Hay 1930, Kihm 1987, Scott 1941, Simpson 1931, Tabrum and Nichols 2001 and Turnbull and Reed 1967

Sister taxa: Alocodontulum, Auroratherium, Dipassalus, Tetrapassalus, Tubulodon, Xenocranium

Subtaxa: Epoicotherium unicum

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Type: Xenotherium unicum

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (8: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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