Limaconyssus Gingerich 1987 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1987. Early Eocene bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and other vertebrates in freshwater limestones of the Willlwood Formation, Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(11):275-320

Parent taxon: Nyctitheriidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Gingerich 1987 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Amphidozotheriinae, Asionyctiinae, Eosoricodontinae, Indonyctia, Leptacodon, Nyctitheriinae, Nyctitherium, Paradoxonycteris soricodon, Placentidentinae, Praolestinae, Talpilestinae, Yuanqulestes

Subtaxa: Limaconyssus habrus

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Type: Limaconyssus habrus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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