Auroratherium sinense Tong and Wang 1997 (placental)

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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