Status of Simidectes (Insectivora, Pantolestoidea) of the late Eocene of North America

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2455

By

Coombs, Margery Chalifoux

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1971]

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 26, 1971."

"Simidectes, the correct generic name for Pleurocyon of Peterson (1919) and Stock (1933), is considered (primarily from lack of evidence to the contrary) to consist of three species: S. magnus, S. medius, and S. merriami. No subgeneric distinctions are maintained. These species are known largely from upper and lower teeth, limited cranial material, and some postcranial material. These mammals were probably browsing omnivores whose teeth did more grinding than shearing. Affinities with numerous early mammal groups are dismissed, and though present evidence is slight, Simidectes is placed with the pantolestids, apheliscids, and ptolemaiids in the superfamily Pantolestoidea, to which its probability of affimity is greatest"--P. 38.

Subjects

California , Eocene , Insectivores (Mammals), Fossil , Mammals, Fossil , Paleontology , Simidectes magnus , Simidectes medius , Simidectes merriami , Utah

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2455, 1971

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 45585821