Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Adapisoriculidae
Full reference: E. Gheerbrant. 1988. Afrodon chleuhi nov. gen., nov. sp., “insectivore” (Mammalia, Eutheria) lipotyphlé (?) du Paléocène marocain : données préliminaires. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 307:1303-1309
Belongs to Afrodon according to Gheerbrant 1988
See also Gheerbrant 1995 and Gheerbrant et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Afrodon gheerbranti, Afrodon ivani, Afrodon tagourtensis
Type specimen: THR 161, a tooth (Left m2). Its type locality is Adrar Mgorn 1, which is in a Thanetian peritidal limestone in the Jbel Guersif Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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