†Batodonoides vanhouteni Bloch et al. 1998 (placental)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Geolabididae
Full reference: J. I. Bloch, K. D. Rose, and P. D. Gingerich. 1998. New species of Batodonoides (Lipotyphla, Geolabididae) from the early Eocene of Wyoming: smallest known mammal?. Journal of Mammalogy 79(3):804-827
Belongs to Batodonoides according to Bloch et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Batodonoides powayensis, Batodonoides walshi
Type specimen: UM 101991, a maxilla. Its type locality is SC-303, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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