†Priacodon fruitaensis Rasmussen and Callison 1981 (mammal)
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Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae
Full reference: T. E. Rasmussen and G. Callison. 1981. A new species of triconodont mammal from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):628-634
Belongs to Priacodon according to G. W. Rougier et al. 1996
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Rasmussen and Callison 1981
Sister taxa: Priacodon ferox, Priacodon grandaevus, Priacodon lulli, Priacodon robustus
Type specimen: LACM 120451, a maxilla. Its type locality is Main Callison Quarry, FPA, which is in a Tithonian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Main Callison Quarry, FPA
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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