†Metacheiromys marshi Wortman 1903 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1903. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. Part II. Primates. Suborder Cheiromyoidea. The American Journal of Science, series 4 16:345-368
Belongs to Metacheiromys according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Metacheiromys dasypus, Metacheiromys tatusia
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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