Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1969. A new occurrence of Paleocene mammals in the Evanston Formation, southwestern Wyoming. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 2:1-16
Belongs to Aphronorus according to C. L. Gazin 1969
Sister taxa: Aphronorus bearspawensis, Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus ratatoski, Aphronorus simpsoni
Type specimen: USNM 23680, a tooth (right [lower] P4). Its type locality is Little Muddy Creek (Fossil Basin), which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Evanston Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (8: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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