Sarcodon minor Meng et al. 1998 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Sarcodontidae

Full reference: J. Meng, R.-J. Zhai, and A. R. Wyss. 1998. The late Paleocene Bayan Ulan fauna of Inner Mongolia, China. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:148-185

Belongs to Sarcodon according to J. Meng et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Sarcodon pygmaeus, Sarcodon zhaii

Type specimen: IVPP V11134.1, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Bayan Ulan site (lower 3 m), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siltstone in the Nomogen Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bayan Ulan site (lower 3 m)

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