Pseudoparatalpa shevyrevae Lopatin 1999 (mole)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene Insectivores (Mammalia) from Western Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(2):182-191

Belongs to Pseudoparatalpa according to A. V. Lopatin 1999

Sister taxon: Pseudoparatalpa lavroi

Type specimen: PIN 2974/65, a mandible (dext. with p4-m1). Its type locality is Donguz-Tau, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Chilikty Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Donguz-Tau

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