Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1987. Early Eocene bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and other vertebrates in freshwater limestones of the Willlwood Formation, Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(11):275-320
Belongs to Wyonycteris according to P. D. Gingerich 1987
Sister taxa: Wyonycteris galensis, Wyonycteris kingi, Wyonycteris microtis, Wyonycteris primitivus, Wyonycteris richardi
Type specimen: UM 76910, a mandible (right dentary with P4, M1 (part), and M2). Its type locality is Discovery Site, which is in an Eocene wet floodplain wackestone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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