Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13:1-7
Belongs to Leptacodon according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Matthew and Granger 1921
Sister taxa: Leptacodon acherontus, Leptacodon catulus, Leptacodon choristus, Leptacodon donkroni, Leptacodon minutulus, Leptacodon munusculum, Leptacodon nascimentoi, Leptacodon packi, Leptacodon proserpinae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta collections), United States (11: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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