Ceutholestes Rose and Gingerich 1987 (placental)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae

Full reference: K. D. Rose and P. D. Gingerich. 1987. A New Insectivore from the Clarkforkian (Earliest Eocene) of Wyoming. Journal of Mammalogy 68(1)

Parent taxon: Placentidentinae according to M. F. Jones and K. C. Beard 2023

See also Gunnell et al. 2008, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rose and Gingerich 1987

Sister taxa: Placentidens, Plagioctenoides, Pontifactor, Remiculus, Wyonycteris

Subtaxa: Ceutholestes acerbus Ceutholestes dolosus

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Type: Ceutholestes dolosus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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