Auroratherium Tong and Wang 1997 (placental)

Mammalia - Ferae - Epoicotheriidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1997. A new palaeanodont (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(2):110-120

Parent taxon: Epoicotheriidae according to K. D. Rose and S. G. Lucas 2000

See also Tong and Wang 1997

Sister taxa: Alocodontulum, Dipassalus, Epoicotherium, Tetrapassalus, Tubulodon, Xenocranium

Subtaxa: Auroratherium sinense

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Type: Auroratherium sinense

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine (Eocene of China)

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