Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Jepsen 1930, Novacek et al. 1985, Scott 2006 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Silvacola
Subtaxa: Litolestes ignotus
Type: Litolestes ignotus
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (6: Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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