Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
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
Belongs to Haplomylus according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009
Sister taxa: Haplomylus bozemanensis, Haplomylus palustris, Haplomylus scottianus, Haplomylus simpsoni, Haplomylus speirianus, Haplomylus zalmouti
Type specimen: CM 70403, a tooth (right m2). Its type locality is Red Hot, which is in a Wasatchian estuary/bay sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Red Hot
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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