Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
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 Haplomylus according to P. D. Gingerich and T. Smith 2006
See also Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Haplomylus bozemanensis, Haplomylus meridionalis, Haplomylus palustris, Haplomylus scottianus, Haplomylus simpsoni
Type specimen: UM 113416, a mandible (left dentary with p4-m1)
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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