Amphigyion straitae Gingerich and Smith 2006 (eutherian)

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

Belongs to Amphigyion according to P. D. Gingerich and T. Smith 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 113445, a tooth (left p4)

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

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

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