†Auroratherium sinense Tong and Wang 1997 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Epoicotheriidae
Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1997. A new palaeanodont (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(2):110-120
Belongs to Auroratherium according to K. D. Rose and S. G. Lucas 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V10703, a skull. Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine
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