Amar Dashzeveg and Russell 1988 (placental)

Mammalia - Glires - Mimotonidae

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg and D. E. Russell. 1988. Palaeocene and Eocene Mixodontia (Mammalia, Glires) of Mongolia and China. Palaeontology 31(1):129-164

Parent taxon: Mimolagidae according to C.-K. Li et al. 2016

See also Dashzeveg and Russell 1988 and Meng et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Anatolimys, Gomphos, Mimolagus, Mina

Subtaxa: Amar aleator

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Type: Amar aleator

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Khushu Quarry 3 (Paleocene of Mongolia)

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