Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and S. K. Madsen. 1999. Spalacotheriid symmetrodonts (Mammalia) from the medial Cretaceous (upper Albian or lower Cenomanian) Mussentuchit local fauna, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA. Geodiversitas 21(2):167-214

Belongs to Spalacolestes according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Cifelli and Madsen 1999

Sister taxon: Spalacolestes cretulablatta

Type specimen: Its type locality is OMNH V868, Mussentuchit , which is in a Cenomanian crevasse splay horizon in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at OMNH V868, Mussentuchit

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