Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae
Full reference: G. F. Winterfeld. 1982. Mammalian paleontology of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), eastern Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(1):73-112
Belongs to Aphronorus according to G. F. Winterfeld 1982
Sister taxa: Aphronorus bearspawensis, Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus orieli, Aphronorus simpsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rock Springs Uplift (UW V-77010), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (8: Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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