Builstynia fontana Ziegler et al. 2007 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: R. Ziegler, T. Dahlmann, and G. Storch. 2007. 4. Marsupialia, Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha (Mammalia). Oligocene-Miocene Vertebrates from the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia): Morphology, phylogenetic and stratigraphic implications. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 108A:53-164

Belongs to Builstynia according to R. Ziegler et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMW 2006z0054/0001, a mandible (dext. with a1, p4 and m1). Its type locality is Builstyn Khudag, section BUK-A, layer 12 &14, which is in a Miocene dry floodplain sandstone/mudstone in the Loh Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Builstyn Khudag, section BUK-A, layer 12 &14

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