''Ectoganus'' is a fossil genus of
mammals
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
belonging to the family
Stylinodontidae
Taeniodonta ("banded teeth") is an extinct early group of cimolestid mammals known from the Maastrichtian to the Eocene. Taeniodonts evolved quickly into highly specialized digging animals, and varied greatly in size, from rat-sized to species ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Ectoganus bighornensis
''Ectoganus'' is a fossil genus of mammals belonging to the family Stylinodontidae
Taeniodonta ("banded teeth") is an extinct early group of cimolestid mammals known from the Maastrichtian to the Eocene. Taeniodonts evolved quickly into highl ...
''
Schoch, 1981
* ''
Ectoganus copei
''Ectoganus'' is a fossil genus of mammals belonging to the family Stylinodontidae.
The species of this genus are found in Northern America.
Species:
* ''Ectoganus bighornensis
''Ectoganus'' is a fossil genus of mammals belonging to the fami ...
''
Schoch, 1981
* ''
Ectoganus gliriformis
''Ectoganus'' is a fossil genus of mammals belonging to the family Stylinodontidae.
The species of this genus are found in Northern America.
Species:
* ''Ectoganus bighornensis'' Schoch, 1981
* ''Ectoganus copei
''Ectoganus'' is a fossil ge ...
''
Cope, 1874
References
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Cimolestans
Prehistoric mammal genera