Status of Simidectes (Insectivora, Pantolestoidea) of the late Eocene of North America. American Museum novitates ; no. 2455

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dc.contributor.authorCoombs, Margery Chalifoux.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:33:23Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:33:23Z
dc.date.issued1971en_US
dc.description41 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 39-41).en_US
dc.description.abstractSimidectes, 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.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2663
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2455en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2455, 1971en_US
dc.subject.lcshSimidectes magnus.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSimidectes medius.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSimidectes merriami.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsectivora, Fossil -- Utah.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsectivora, Fossil -- Californiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals, Fossil -- Utah.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals, Fossil -- Californiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Eocene -- Utah.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Eocene -- California.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Utah.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- California.en_US
dc.titleStatus of Simidectes (Insectivora, Pantolestoidea) of the late Eocene of North America. American Museum novitates ; no. 2455en_US
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