†Quyania chowi Storch and Qiu 1983 (mole)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: G. Storch and Z. Qiu. 1983. The Neogene mammalian faunas of Ertemte and Harr Obo in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), China. – 2. Moles – Insectivora: Talpidae. Senckenbergiana lethaea 64(2/4):89-127
Belongs to Quyania according to G. Storch and Z. Qiu 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP 6452, a mandible (dext. with m2, m3). Its type locality is Ertemte 2, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (2 collections)
• Miocene of China (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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