Litolestes Jepsen 1930 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131

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

See also Jepsen 1930, Novacek et al. 1985, Scott 2006 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Silvacola

Subtaxa: Litolestes ignotus

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Type: Litolestes ignotus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (6: Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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