Ankylodon progressus Galbreath 1953 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Full reference: E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120

Belongs to Ankylodon according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022

See also Galbreath 1953 and Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977

Sister taxon: Ankylodon annectens

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Arner Ranch ant mounds (Eocene to Oligocene of Nebraska)

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