Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Full reference: B. D. Rankin and P. A. Holroyd. 2014. Aceroryctes dulcis, a new palaeoryctid (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the early Eocene of the Wasatch Formation of southwestern Wyoming, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51:919-926
Belongs to Aceroryctes according to B. D. Rankin and P. A. Holroyd 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 131849, a maxilla (incomplete left maxilla with P2-4, M1). Its type locality is Meniscotherium Zonule, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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