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| Aatotomus Temporal range: Late Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Pantolestidae |
| Genus: | †Aatotomus Rankin, 2014[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Aatotomus placochton Rankin, 2014[1] | |
Aatotomus is an extinct genus of placental mammals from family Pantolestidae, that lived during the late Paleocene. It is known from fossils found in the Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan province (Canada), being a member of the Roche Percée local fauna.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Rankin, Brian D. (November 2014). "New pantolestids (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the late Paleocene (late middle Tiffanian) Roche Percée local fauna, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (6): 1199–1211. doi:10.1666/13-157. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 3 June 2025 – via Cambridge Core.
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