Adunator minutus Jepsen 1930 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea

Alternative combinations: Diacocherus minutus, Diacodon minutus, Leptacodon minutus, Palaeictops minutus

Synonym: Scenopagus proavus Winterfeld 1982

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

Belongs to Adunator according to R. Secord 2008

See also Gingerich 1983, Jepsen 1930, Krishtalka 1976, Krishtalka 1976, McKenna 1960, Novacek et al. 1985, Rose and Gingerich 1987 and Winterfeld 1982

Sister taxa: Adunator abditus, Adunator amplus, Adunator fredericki, Adunator ladae, Adunator lehmani, Adunator martinezi, Adunator meizon

Type specimens:

  • Adunator minutus: Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
  • Scenopagus proavus: Its type locality is Rainy-day Resurrection, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (19: North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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