Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Full reference: C. S. Scott, R. C. Fox, and G. P. Youzwyshyn. 2002. New earliest Tiffanian (late Paleocene) mammals from Cochrane 2, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(4):691-704

Belongs to Litomylus according to C. S. Scott et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Litomylus dissentaneus, Litomylus ishami, Litomylus orthronepius, Litomylus scaphicus

Type specimen: UALVP 25000, a maxilla (incomplete right maxilla containing M2 and alveoli for M1 and M3). Its type locality is Cochrane 2, which is in a Ti1 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): P4 3.30 x 4.40, M1 4.07 x 5.67, M2 4.33 x 6.17, M3 3.45 x 4.90, m1 4.10 x 3.03, m2 4.38 x 3.66, m3 4.40 x 3.00