Phenacops incerta Matthew 1909 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Leptictidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

Belongs to Phenacops according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Matthew 1909, McKenna et al. 1962 and Van Valen 1966

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 12092, a mandible. Its type locality is Henry's Fork Hill (Bridger C), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phenacops incerta in the database

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