Asiapternodus mackennai Lopatin 2003 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Apternodontidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2003. A Zalambdodont Insectivore of the Family Apternodontidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 37(2):187-195

Belongs to Asiapternodus according to Lopatin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 3107/400, a maxilla (Incomplete right maxilla containing ê4-å3). Its type locality is Khaichin Ula II [SMPE], which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Khaychin Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Khaichin Ula II [SMPE]

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