Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Oligoryctidae
Full reference: J. Hough. 1956. A new insectivore from the Oligocene of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, with notes on the taxonomy of the Oligocene Tenrecoidea. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):531-541
Parent taxon: Oligoryctidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Asher et al. 2002, Dawson and Constenius 2018, Hough 1956, Korth et al. 2022, Lopatin 2003, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Oligoryctes altitalonidus Oligoryctes cameronensis Oligoryctes tenutalonidus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (23: California, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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