Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Micropternodontidae
Synonym: Kentrogomphios White 1954
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1903. The fauna of the Titanotherium Beds at Pipestone Springs, Montana. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(6):197-226
Parent taxon: Micropternodontidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Korth et al. 2022, Lopatin 2006, Matthew 1903, Ostrander 1983, Ostrander 1987, Reed 1961, Reed and Turnbull 1965, Russell 1960, Stirton and Rensberger 1964, Van Valen 1966, Van Valen 1967 and White 1954
Sister taxa: Clinopternodus, Cryptoryctes, Sinosinopa
Subtaxa: Micropternodus borealis Micropternodus montrosensis Micropternodus morgani Micropternodus strophensis
Type: Micropternodus borealis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (15: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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