Mammalia - Leptictida - Gypsonictopidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, Jr. and D. L. Wolberg. 1987. The therian mammalian fauna (Campanian) of Quarry 1, Fossil Forest study area, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:51-79
Belongs to Gypsonictops according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Wolberg 1987
Sister taxa: Gypsonictops hypoconus, Gypsonictops illuminatus, Gypsonictops lewisi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fossil Forest Quarry 1, which is in an Edmontonian terrestrial horizon in New Mexico
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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