Mammalia - Leptictida - Leptictidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and T. Smith. 2006. Paleocene-Eocene land mammals from three new latest Clarkforkian and earliest Wasatchian wash sites at Polecat Bench in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(11):245-303

Parent taxon: Leptictidae according to P. D. Gingerich and T. Smith 2006

Sister taxa: Asioictops, Blacktops, Didelphodontinae, Eoictops, Gypsonictopinae, Leptictinae, Myrmecoboides, Palaeictops, Procerberinae, Prodiacodon, Pseudorhynchocyoninae, Scileptictis, Stenoleptictis

Subtaxa: Amphigyion straitae

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Type: Amphigyion straitae

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at SC-434 Gar Scale Bed (Eocene of Wyoming)

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