Unuchinia asaphes Simpson 1936

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Alternative combination: Apator asaphes

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. A new fauna from the Fort Union of Montana. American Museum Novitates 873

Belongs to Unuchinia according to G. F. Gunnell 1988

See also McKenna 1963 and Simpson 1936

Sister taxa: Unuchinia diaphanes, Unuchinia dysmathes

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 33894, a mandible (left lower jaw with P4-M1 and alveoli). Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.

Distribution: found only at Scarritt Quarry

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