Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Alternative combinations: Entomolestes siegfriedti, Leptacodon siegfriedti, Talpavus siegfriedti
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1928. A new mammalian fauna from the Fort Union of southern Montana. American Museum Novitates 297:1-15
Belongs to Leipsanolestes according to M. J. Novacek et al. 1985
See also Bown and Schankler 1982, Delson 1971, Gazin 1949, Hay 1930, Krishtalka 1976, McKenna 1960, Rose 1981, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929 and Simpson 1935
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (5: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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