†Wyonycteris microtis Secord 2008 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Full reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192
Belongs to Wyonycteris according to R. Secord 2008
Sister taxa: Wyonycteris chalix, Wyonycteris galensis, Wyonycteris kingi, Wyonycteris primitivus, Wyonycteris richardi
Type specimen: YPM-PU 19479, a maxilla (Right maxilla with M1-2). Its type locality is Schaff Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Schaff Quarry
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