Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Full reference: M. Montellano-Ballesteros, R. C. Fox, and C. S. Scott. 2021. A new, “dwarfed” species of the phenacodontid “condylarth” Ectocion from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and its implications. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(11):1155-1169
Belongs to Ectocion according to M. Montellano-Ballesteros et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Ectocion cedrus, Ectocion collinus, Ectocion ignotum, Ectocion major, Ectocion mediotuber, Ectocion nanabeensis, Ectocion osbornianus, Ectocion parvus, Ectocion superstes
Type specimen: UALVP 55562, a mandible (r dentary with i1-m3). Its type locality is Gao Mine, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siltstone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gao Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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