†Palaeanodon nievelti Gingerich 1989 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1989. New earliest Wasatchian mammalian fauna from the Eocene of northwestern Wyoming: composition and diversity in a rarely sampled high-floodplain assemblage. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 28:1-97
Belongs to Palaeanodon according to P. D. Gingerich 1989
See also Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Palaeanodon ignavus, Palaeanodon parvulus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (21: Wyoming collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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