Bumbanius ningi Missiaen and Smith 2008 (placental)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae

Full reference: P. Missiaen and T. Smith. 2008. The Gashatan (late Paleocene) mammal fauna from Subeng, Inner Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(3):357-378

Belongs to Bumbanius according to P. Missiaen and T. Smith 2008

Sister taxon: Bumbanius rarus

Type specimen: IMM-2004-SB-034, a tooth (right upper molar). Its type locality is Subeng Unit 3 (Mammal Site), which is in a Gashatan fluvial-lacustrine conglomerate in the Nomogen Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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