Adunator meizon Gingerich 1983 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea

Alternative combination: Diacocherus meizon

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1983. New Adapisoricidae, Pentacodontidae, and Hyopsodontidae (Mammalia, Insectivora and Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene ofWyoming and Colorado. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(11):227-255

Belongs to Adunator according to R. Secord 2008

See also Gingerich 1983

Sister taxa: Adunator abditus, Adunator amplus, Adunator fredericki, Adunator ladae, Adunator lehmani, Adunator martinezi, Adunator minutus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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