†Colpocherus Beard and Dawson 2009 (placental)
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Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Sespedectidae
Full reference: K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):193-243
Parent taxon: Sespedectinae according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009
See also Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Crypholestes, Patriolestes, Proterixoides, Sespedectes
Subtaxa: Colpocherus mississippiensis
Type: Colpocherus mississippiensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Mississippi, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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