†Petenyia katrinae Qiu and Storch 2000 (red-toothed shrew)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Full reference: Z. Qiu and G. Storch. 2000. The early Pliocene Micromammalian Fauna of Bilike, Inner Mongolia, China (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). Senckenbergiana lethaea 80(1):173-229
Belongs to Petenyia according to Z. Qiu and G. Storch 2000
Sister taxa: Petenyia concisa, Petenyia dubia, Petenyia hungarica
Type specimen: IVPP V11887, a tooth (P4 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Bilike, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Bilike
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