Oligoryctes cameronensis Hough 1956 (placental)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Oligoryctidae

Full reference: J. Hough. 1956. A new insectivore from the Oligocene of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, with notes on the taxonomy of the Oligocene Tenrecoidea. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):531-541

Belongs to Oligoryctes according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022

See also Hough 1956

Sister taxa: Oligoryctes altitalonidus, Oligoryctes tenutalonidus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Eocene of United States (11: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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