| Palaeosinopa Temporal range: Middle Eocene | |
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| Fossil from Wyoming | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Cimolesta |
| Family: | † Pantolestidae |
| Subfamily: | † Pantolestinae |
| Genus: | † Palaeosinopa Matthew 1901 |
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