Khamsaconus Sudre et al. 1993 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Full reference: J. Sudre, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Sige and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1993. Nouvelles donnes sur les Condylarthres du Thanetien et de l'Ypresien du bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc) [New data about the Thanetian and Ypresian Condylarthres of Ouarzazate basin (Morocco)]. Geobios 26(5):609-615

Parent taxon: Louisininae according to J. Sudre et al. 1993

See also Gheerbrant et al. 1998 and Sanders et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Khamsaconus bulbosus

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at N'Tagourt 2 (Eocene of Morocco)

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