Suratilestes gingerichi Bajpai et al. 2005 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae

Full reference: S. Bajpai, V. V. Kapur, D. P. Das, B. N. Tiwari, N. Saravanan and R. Sharma. 2005. Early Eocene land mammals from Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), Western India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50(1):101-113

Belongs to Suratilestes according to S. Bajpai et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IITR/SB/VLM 509. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine

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