Ellesmene Dawson et al. 1993 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Plagiomenidae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson, M. C. McKenna, K. C. Beard and J. H. Hutchison. 1993. An early Eocene plagiomenid mammal from Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands, Arctic Canada. Kaupia 3:179-192

Parent taxon: Plagiomenidae according to M. R. Dawson et al. 1993

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Plagiomeninae, Thylacaelurinae

Subtaxa: Ellesmene eureka

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Western Remus Basin (Eocene of Northwest Territories)

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