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They have also been widely discovered in the early Paleocene Bug Creek fauna, along with other leptictids.[2] These deposits were once thought to be latest Cretaceous, but it is now clear that they are Paleocene channels with time-averaged fossil assemblages. It is thought to have been rat-sized (6 in (15 cm) long and 1.3 ounces (about 37g) and a diurnal insectivore, who burrowed through small holes in the ground.

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  • They have also been widely discovered in the early Paleocene Bug Creek fauna, along with other leptictids.[2] These deposits were once thought to be latest Cretaceous, but it is now clear that they are Paleocene channels with time-averaged fossil assemblages. It is thought to have been rat-sized (6 in (15 cm) long and 1.3 ounces (about 37g) and a diurnal insectivore, who burrowed through small holes in the ground.
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  • They have also been widely discovered in the early Paleocene Bug Creek fauna, along with other leptictids.[2] These deposits were once thought to be latest Cretaceous, but it is now clear that they are Paleocene channels with time-averaged fossil assemblages. It is thought to have been rat-sized (6 in (15 cm) long and 1.3 ounces (about 37g) and a diurnal insectivore, who burrowed through small holes in the ground. Currently it is considered one of the few plesiadapiform mammals primitive enough to have possibly given rise to both the plesiadapiformes and the higher primates. Though its classification below the superorder Euarchonta remains uncertain, dental evidence and molar morphology indicate a close link with the primate order.
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