Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Full reference: C. S. Scott, R. C. Fox, and G. P. Youzwyshyn. 2002. New earliest Tiffanian (late Paleocene) mammals from Cochrane 2, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(4):691-704
Belongs to Litomylus according to C. S. Scott et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Litomylus aequidens, Litomylus dissentaneus, Litomylus ishami, Litomylus orthronepius, Litomylus scaphicus
Type specimen: UALVP 25000, a maxilla (incomplete right maxilla containing M2 and alveoli for M1 and M3). Its type locality is Cochrane 2, which is in a Ti1 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Cochrane 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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