Taeniolabis dentary

3D Model

Taeniolabis lamberti, “Banded Incisor” left dentary cast Specimen Number: CCM 70-110 Age: Paleocene, Puercan (66.043-63.3 Ma) Rock Unit: Ludlow member of Fort Union Formation Discovered: Southeastern Montana Housed: Carter County Museum Size: 5cm X 3cm X 1cm Collector: Marshall Lambert Discovered: 1974 Taxonomy: Mammalia, Multituberculata, Taeniolabididae

Description: This jaw cast illustrates multituberculate teeth structure. This group of mammals survived the Cretaceous extinction and diversified in size and ecology before going extinct in the late Eocene. Taenolabis was one of the largest multituberculates, similar in size to a beaver (10 kg).

Published in: Simmons (1987), “A revision of Taeniolabis (Mammalia: Multituberculata), with a new species from the Puercan of eastern Montana.” J. Paleont. 61(4), p. 794-808.

Scanned with Artec Eva and edited in Arctec Studios.