Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Originally described as cf. Leptacodon choristus
Full reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192
Belongs to Leptacodon according to R. Secord 2008
Sister taxa: Leptacodon acherontus, Leptacodon catulus, Leptacodon donkroni, Leptacodon minutulus, Leptacodon munusculum, Leptacodon nascimentoi, Leptacodon packi, Leptacodon proserpinae, Leptacodon tener
Type specimen: UM 80668, a mandible (Right dentary with p3-m3). Its type locality is Divide Quarry, which is in a Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Divide Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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