Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae

Synonym: Eolestes Bown and Schankler 1982 [replaced name]

Full reference: P. A. Holroyd, T. M. Bown, and D. M. Schankler. 2004. Auroralestes, gen. nov., a replacement name for Eolestes Bown and Schankler, 1982, a preoccupied name. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):979

Parent taxon: Erinaceoidea according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Bown and Schankler 1982, Carroll 1988, Holroyd et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Novacek et al. 1985

Sister taxa: Amphidozotherium, Dartonius, Diacocherus, Dimylidae, Leipsanolestes

Subtaxa: Auroralestes simpsoni

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Type: Leipsanolestes simpsoni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at No Water (590') (Eocene of Wyoming)

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