Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler 1982 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae

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

Belongs to Palaeosinopa according to T. M. Bown and D. Schankler 1982

Sister taxa: Palaeosinopa aestuarium, Palaeosinopa didelphoides, Palaeosinopa dorri, Palaeosinopa lacus, Palaeosinopa lutreola, Palaeosinopa nunavutensis, Palaeosinopa reclusum, Palaeosinopa russelli, Palaeosinopa veterrima

Type specimen: Its type locality is SC-211, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (25: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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