†Utemylus serior Gazin 1956 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Alternative combination: Haplaletes serior
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57
Belongs to Utemylus according to S. P. Zack et al. 2005
See also Alroy 2002
Sister taxon: Utemylus latomius
Type specimen: UWyo 1078, a mandible. Its type locality is Titanoides Locality, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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