Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Leptictidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell, J.-P. Zonneveld, and W. S. Bartels. 2016. Stratigraphy, mammalian paleontology, paleoecology, and age correlation of the Wasatch Formation, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming . Journal of Paleontology 90(5):981-1011

Parent taxon: Leptictidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Amphigyion, Asioictops, Blacktops, Didelphodontinae, Gypsonictopinae, Leptictinae, Myrmecoboides, Palaeictops, Procerberinae, Prodiacodon, Pseudorhynchocyoninae, Scileptictis, Stenoleptictis

Subtaxa: Eoictops novaceki

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Butte (Lower) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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