Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Full reference: J. I. Bloch, R. Secord, and P. D. Gingerich. 2004. Systematics and phylogeny of late Paleocene and early Eocene Palaeoryctinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(5):119-154
Belongs to Palaeoryctes according to J. I. Bloch et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Palaeoryctes cruoris, Palaeoryctes minimus, Palaeoryctes puercensis, Palaeoryctes punctatus
Type specimen: UM 109156, a mandible (Right dentary with p3-m3). Its type locality is Y2K Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siltstone in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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