Paracryptotis rex Hibbard 1950 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192

Belongs to Paracryptotis according to E. P. Gustafson 1985

See also Hibbard 1950 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxon: Paracryptotis gidleyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (5: Kansas, Oregon, Texas, Washington collections)

• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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