Palaeanodon Matthew 1918 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1918. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part V. Insectivora (Continued), Glires, Edentata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(16):429-483

Parent taxon: Metacheiromyidae according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 2005

See also Carroll 1988, Kondrashov and Agadjanian 2012, Matthew 1918, Rose 1978 and Rose et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Brachianodon, Metacheiromys, Mylanodon, Propalaeanodon

Subtaxa: Palaeanodon ignavus Palaeanodon nievelti Palaeanodon parvulus

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), United States (66: North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of United States (5: Wyoming)

Total: 72 collections including 74 occurrences

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