Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Apternodontidae
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: Apternodontidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Asher et al. 2002, Hay 1930, Korth et al. 2022, Lopatin 2003, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Apternodontinae, Asiapternodontinae, Iconapternodus, Oligoryctinae, Parapternodontinae
Subtaxa: Apternodus baladontus Apternodus brevirostris Apternodus dasophylakas Apternodus gregoryi Apternodus iliffensis Apternodus major Apternodus mediaevus
Type: Apternodus mediaevus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (1), United States (24: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections including 35 occurrences
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