Lainoryctes youzwyshyni 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

Belongs to Lainoryctes according to R. C. Fox 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gao Mine, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siltstone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gao Mine

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