Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. The occurrence of Paleocene mammalian remains in the Fossil Basin of southwestern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):707-711
Belongs to Litomylus according to C. L. Gazin 1956
Sister taxa: Litomylus aequidens, Litomylus dissentaneus, Litomylus grandaletes, Litomylus orthronepius, Litomylus scaphicus
Type specimen: USNM 21263, a mandible. Its type locality is Twin Creeks, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Evanston Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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