†Entomolestes grangeri Matthew 1909 (hedgehog)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
Belongs to Entomolestes according to M. J. Novacek et al. 1985
See also Hay 1930 and Matthew 1909
Sister taxon: Entomolestes westgatei
Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 11485, a mandible (fragment of the left jaw with P3-M3 and five anterior alveoli preserved). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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