Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57
Belongs to Litomylus according to R. Secord 1998
See also Gazin 1956, Rigby 1980 and Van Valen 1978
Sister taxa: Litomylus aequidens, Litomylus dissentaneus, Litomylus grandaletes, Litomylus ishami, Litomylus orthronepius
Type specimen: USNM 21014, a mandible. Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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