Zionodon Dunn and Rasmussen 2009 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Full reference: R. H. Dunn and D. T. Rasmussen. 2009. Skeletal morphology of a new genus of Eocene insectivore (Mammalia, Erinaceomorpha) from Utah. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2):321-331

Parent taxon: Amphilemuridae according to R. H. Dunn and D. T. Rasmussen 2009

Sister taxa: Alsaticopithecus, Amphilemur, Amphilemurinae, Gesneropithex, Hylomysoidinae, Macrocranion, Neomatronella, Pholidocercus, Ankylodon

Subtaxa: Zionodon satanus Zionodon walshi

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Type: Zionodon satanus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Utah collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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