†subfamily Louisininae Sudre and Russell 1982 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Full reference: J. Sudre and D. E. Russell. 1982. Les mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique). Part 2: les condylarthres. Palaeovertebrata 12(6):173-184

Parent taxon: Apheliscidae according to S. P. Zack et al. 2005

See also Sudre and Russell 1982 and Tabuce et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Aletodon, Apheliscinae, Apheliscus, Dorraletes, Gingerichia, Haplaletes, Haplomylus, Litomylus, Phenacodaptes, Utemylus

Subtaxa: Khamsaconus

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at N'Tagourt 2 (Eocene of Morocco)

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