†Parapternodus Bown and Schankler 1982 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Parapternodontidae
Full reference: T. M. Bown and D. Schankler. 1982. A review of the Proteutheria and Insectivora of the Willwood Formation (Lower Eocene), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1523:1-79
Parent taxon: Parapternodontidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Asher et al. 2002, Bown and Schankler 1982, Lopatin 2003, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxon: Koniaryctes
Subtaxa: Parapternodus antiquus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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