Wanolestes Huang and Zheng 2002 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Didymoconida

Full reference: X.-S. Huang and J.-J. Zheng. 2002. A new genus of Soricomorpha (Mammalia) from the Late Paleocene of Qianshan Basin, Anhui Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40:127-132

Parent taxon: Didymoconidae according to P. Missiaen et al. 2013

See also Huang and Zheng 2002 and Lopatin 2006

Sister taxa: Archaeoryctes, Ardynictinae, Ardynictis, Didymoconinae, Didymoconus berkeyi, Hsiangolestes, Hunanictis, Jiajianictis, Kennatheriinae, Zeuctherium

Subtaxa: Wanolestes lii

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Type: Wanolestes lii

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Yangxiaowu, Qianshan locality 71017 (Paleocene of China)

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