Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Full reference: C. L. Manz and J. I. Bloch. 2015. Systematics and phylogeny of Paleocene–Eocene Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla?) with description of a new species from the late Paleocene of the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming, USA. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22:307-342
Belongs to Plagioctenodon according to C. L. Manz and J. I. Bloch 2015
Sister taxa: Plagioctenodon dawsonae, Plagioctenodon dormaalensis, Plagioctenodon goliath, Plagioctenodon krausae, Plagioctenodon rosei, Plagioctenodon savagei
Type specimen: UM 71650, a mandible (left dentary with P2- M3). Its type locality is SC-117, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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