Geolabididae Explained

Geolabididae is an extinct family of prehistoric mammals belonging to the order Eulipotyphla.

Taxonomy

• Batodon (Sometimes placed in Cimolestidae)
  • Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892 - Upper Cretaceous Campanian to Maastrichtian, Canada and United States.
• Batodonoides - Lower Eocene (Wasatchian) to Mid Eocene (Uintan) - North America
• Gobigeolabis Lopatin, 2004
  • Gobigeolabis verigranum Lopatin, 2004 - Upper Paleocene, Mongolia
• Centetodon Marsh, 1872 (incl. Geolabis) - Lower Eocene to Early Miocene
  • Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
  • Centetodon bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981
  • Centetodon bacchanalis (McGrew, 1959)
  • Centetodon chadronensis Lillegraven et al., 1981 -. Mid Eocene (Duchesnean) to Oligocene (Orellan)
  • Centetodon divaricatus Korth, 1992 - Upper Oligocene, North America
• Marsholestes - Middle Eocene, (Bridgerian)
  • Marsholestes dasypelix Matthew 1909
• Stilpnodon Simpson 1935

References

• Taxonomic occurrences of Geolabididae recorded in the Paleobiology Database
• Lopatin. A. V.. Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora. Paleontological Journal. 2006. 40. S3. S205–S405. 10.1134/S0031030106090012.
• Thomas S. Kelly. 2010. New records of Marsupialia, Lipotyphla, and Primates from the Duchesnean (middle Eocene) Simi Valley Landfill local fauna, Sespe Formation, California. Paludicola. 7. 4. 158–169. 2013-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231839/http://vortex.weather.brockport.edu/~jmassare/rivp/Paludicola-Articles/Kelly%202010b.pdf. 2013-12-30. dead.