Palaeosinopa dorri Gingerich 1980 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pantolestidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1980. A new species of Palaeosinopa (Insectivora: Pantolestidae) from the late Paleocene of western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 61(3):449-454

Belongs to Palaeosinopa according to P. D. Gingerich 1980

Sister taxa: Palaeosinopa aestuarium, Palaeosinopa didelphoides, Palaeosinopa incerta, Palaeosinopa lacus, Palaeosinopa lutreola, Palaeosinopa nunavutensis, Palaeosinopa reclusum, Palaeosinopa russelli, Palaeosinopa veterrima

Type specimen: UM 55122, a partial skull (partial cranium with nearly complete upper dentition). Its type locality is Dell Creek Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Hoback Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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