Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Alternative combination: Scenopagus curtidens
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 Nyctitherium according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Gazin 1976, Gunnell et al. 1992, Krishtalka 1976, Krishtalka 1976, Matthew 1909, Robinson 1968 and Zonneveld et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Nyctitherium celatus, Nyctitherium christopheri, Nyctitherium gunnelli, Nyctitherium nitidum, Nyctitherium priscum, Nyctitherium priscus, Nyctitherium serotinum, Nyctitherium velox, Nyctilestes serotinus
Type specimen: AMNH 12055, a mandible
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (25: California, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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