Antesorex wilsoni Korth and Evander 2016 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander. 2016. Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia (Mammalia) from Observation Quarry, Earliest Barstovian (Miocene), Dawes County, Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 83(3):219-254

Belongs to Antesorex according to W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 56779, a mandible (right dentary with p4-m2). Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Observation Quarry

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