Stygimys vastus Lofgren et al. 2005 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae

Full reference: D. L. Lofgren, B. E. Scherer, C. K. Clark and B. Standhardt. 2005. First record of Stygimys (Mammalia, Multituberculata, Eucosmodontidae) from the Paleocene (Puercan) part of the North Horn Formation, Utah, and a review of the genus. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):77-97

Belongs to Stygimys according to D. L. Lofgren et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Stygimys camptorhiza, Stygimys gratus, Stygimys jepseni, Stygimys kuszmauli, Stygimys teilhardi

Type specimen: TMM 41400-12, a tooth (p4). Its type locality is Tom's Top (Dawson Creek), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Black Peaks Formation of Texas.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tom's Top (Dawson Creek)

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