Lainoryctes Fox 2004 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Full reference: R. C. Fox. 2004. A new palaeoryctid (Insectivora: Mammalia) from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):612-616

Parent taxon: Palaeoryctidae according to A. V. Lopatin 2006

See also Fox 2004

Sister taxa: Aaptoryctes, Aceroryctes, Deltatheridiinae, Didelphodontinae, Eoryctes, Jarveia, Nuryctes, Ottoryctes, Palaeoryctes, Palaeoryctinae, Pararyctes, Pinoryctes, Voltaia

Subtaxa: Lainoryctes youzwyshyni

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gao Mine (Paleocene of Alberta)

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