Quercygale hastingsae Davies 1884 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Alternative combination: Viverra hastingsae

Belongs to Quercygale according to G. D. Wesley-Hunt and L. Werdelin 2005

Sister taxa: Quercygale angustidens, Quercygale helvetica, Quercygale smithi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire

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