Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Alternative combination: Diacodon packi
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
Belongs to Leptacodon according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 1983
See also Jepsen 1930, Krishtalka 1976, Novacek 1977 and Novacek 1982
Sister taxa: Leptacodon acherontus, Leptacodon catulus, Leptacodon choristus, Leptacodon donkroni, Leptacodon minutulus, Leptacodon munusculum, Leptacodon nascimentoi, Leptacodon proserpinae, Leptacodon tener
Type specimen: Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (6: Alberta collections), United States (5: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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