Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Alternative combination: Leptacodon rosei
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1987. Early Eocene bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and other vertebrates in freshwater limestones of the Willlwood Formation, Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(11):275-320
Belongs to Plagioctenodon according to C. L. Manz and J. I. Bloch 2015
See also Beard and Dawson 2009 and Gingerich 1987
Sister taxa: Plagioctenodon dawsonae, Plagioctenodon dormaalensis, Plagioctenodon goliath, Plagioctenodon krausae, Plagioctenodon savagei, Plagioctenodon thewisseni
Type specimen: UM 71650, a mandible (left dentary with P2-4M1-3). Its type locality is Holly's Microsite, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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