Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Alternative combinations: Diacodon celatus, Nyctitherium celatum
Synonym: Anaptomorphus minimus Loomis 1906
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37
Belongs to Nyctitherium according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1875, Gazin 1949, Hay 1902, Matthew 1918, McKenna et al. 1962 and Novacek 1982
Sister taxa: Nyctitherium christopheri, Nyctitherium curtidens, Nyctitherium gunnelli, Nyctitherium nitidum, Nyctitherium priscum, Nyctitherium priscus, Nyctitherium serotinum, Nyctitherium velox, Nyctilestes serotinus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at UM-Sub-Wy Locality 23 (Eocene of Wyoming)
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