Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Alternative combination: Nyctilestes serotinum
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
Belongs to Nyctitherium according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Krishtalka 1976, Marsh 1872, Matthew 1909 and Robinson 1968
Sister taxa: Nyctitherium celatus, Nyctitherium christopheri, Nyctitherium curtidens, Nyctitherium gunnelli, Nyctitherium nitidum, Nyctitherium priscum, Nyctitherium priscus, Nyctitherium velox, Nyctilestes serotinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (10: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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