Aenigmamys
Aenigmamys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Ptilodontidae |
Genus: | † |
Species: | †A. aries
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Binomial name | |
†Aenigmamys aries Scott, 2021
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Aenigmamys is an extinct genus of ptilodontid that lived during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch. It contains the single species Aenigmamys aries.
Distribution
Aenigmamys aries is known from fossils from the Willow Creek Formation of Alberta.[1]
References
- ^ Scott, Craig S. (7 May 2021). "First mammal from the Willow Creek Formation: a new early Paleocene ptilodontid (Mammalia, Multituberculata) from near Calgary, Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 58 (6): 505–518. doi:10.1139/cjes-2020-0151. ISSN 0008-4077.