Aatotomus

Aatotomus; Temporal range: Late Palaeocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Pantolesta
Family:	† Pantolestidae
Genus:	† Aatotomus
Species:	†A. placochton
Binomial name
	†Aatotomus placochton; Rankin, 2014

Last updated August 15, 2025

Aatotomus is an extinct genus of pantolestid that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.

Distribution

Aatotomus placochton is known from fossils found in the Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan, Canada, being a member of the Roche Percée local fauna.^[1]

References

↑ 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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[1] 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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