Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
zoobank.org/22943145-6062-4D3F-92F9-A7A5CE48453B
Full reference: P. C. Murphey and T. S. Kelly. 2017. Mammals from the earliest Uintan (middle Eocene) Turtle Bluff Member, Bridger Formation, southwestern Wyoming, USA, Part 2: Apatotheria, Lipotyphla, Carnivoramorpha, Condylartha, Dinocerata, Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.2.29A
Belongs to Nyctitherium according to P. C. Murphey and T. S. Kelly 2017
Sister taxa: Nyctitherium celatus, Nyctitherium christopheri, Nyctitherium curtidens, Nyctitherium nitidum, Nyctitherium priscum, Nyctitherium priscus, Nyctitherium serotinum, Nyctitherium velox, Nyctilestes serotinus
Type specimen: SDSNH 110393, a mandible (left p4-m2). Its type locality is SDSNH 5843, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Bridger 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.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.