Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1928. A new mammalian fauna from the Fort Union of southern Montana. American Museum Novitates 297:1-15
Parent taxon: Erinaceoidea according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Bown and Schankler 1982, Delson 1971, Gazin 1949, Hay 1930, Krishtalka 1976, McKenna 1960, McKenna and Bell 1997, Novacek et al. 1985, Robinson 1968, Scott 2006, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929, Simpson 1935 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Amphidozotherium, Auroralestes, Dartonius, Diacocherus, Dimylidae
Subtaxa: Leipsanolestes siegfriedti
Type: Leipsanolestes siegfriedti
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (6: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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