Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Full reference: T. Smith, J. I. Bloch, S. G. Strait and P. D. Gingerich. 2002. New species of Macrocranion (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) from the earliest Eocene of North America and its biogeographic implications. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(14):373-384
Belongs to Macrocranion according to T. Smith et al. 2002
See also Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Macrocranion germonpreae, Macrocranion nitens, Macrocranion robinsoni, Macrocranion tenerum, Macrocranion tupaiodon, Macrocranion vandebroeki
Type specimen: UM 93378, a maxilla (right maxilla with P4-M3). Its type locality is SC-67, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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