†family Sespedectidae Novacek 1985 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae

Parent taxon: Erinaceomorpha according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Korth et al. 2022 and Lopatin 2006

Sister taxa: Chambelestidae, Creotarsinae, Diacodon, Erinaceoidea, Ghambilentes, Quadratodon, Seia, Talpavoides, Talpavus, Vastanidae

Subtaxa: Sespedectinae

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (134: California, Mississippi, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 136 collections including 163 occurrences

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