Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Geolabididae
Alternative combinations: Myolestes dasypelix, Nyctitherium dasypelix
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 Marsholestes according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Gazin 1976, Hay 1930, Matthew 1909 and McKenna and Haase 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 11490, a mandible. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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