Myrmecoboides Gidley 1915 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Leptictida - Leptictidae

Parent taxon: Leptictidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Alroy 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Amphigyion, Asioictops, Blacktops, Didelphodontinae, Eoictops, Gypsonictopinae, Leptictinae, Palaeictops, Procerberinae, Prodiacodon, Pseudorhynchocyoninae, Scileptictis, Stenoleptictis

Subtaxa: Myrmecoboides arenarius Myrmecoboides montanensis

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Type: Myrmecoboides montanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (7: Montana, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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