Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae
Full reference: L. Van Valen. 1967. New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284
Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to R. Secord 2008
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Pagonomus, Palaeosinopa, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Pentacodon, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia
Subtaxa: Leptonysson basiliscus Leptonysson orthius
Type: Leptonysson basiliscus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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