Infraorder Colugodontiformes Beard 1993 (colugo)

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Full reference: K. C. Beard. 1993. Origin and evolution of gliding in early Cenozoic Dermoptera (Mammalia, Primatomorpha). Primates and Their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective (R. D. E. MacPhee, ed.), Plenum Press, New York. 63-90

Parent taxon: Eudermoptera according to K. C. Beard 1993

Sister taxon: Paromomyiformes

Subtaxa: Galeopithecidae

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Ecology: arboreal folivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (3 collections), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1)

• Miocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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