Aatotomus
Extinct genus of mammals
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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]
| Aatotomus Temporal range: Late Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Pantolestidae |
| Genus: | †Aatotomus Rankin, 2014[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Aatotomus placochton Rankin, 2014[1] | |