Palaeoryctes cruoris Gunnell 1994 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1994. Paleocene mammals and faunal analysis of the Chappo Type Locality (Tiffanian), Green River Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):81-104

Belongs to Palaeoryctes according to G. F. Gunnell 1994

Sister taxa: Palaeoryctes jepseni, Palaeoryctes minimus, Palaeoryctes puercensis, Palaeoryctes punctatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chappo Type Locality, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Chappo Type Locality

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