Naranius americanus Beard and Dawson 2009 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae

Full reference: K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):193-243

Belongs to Naranius according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009

Sister taxon: Naranius infrequens

Type specimen: CM 81283, a tooth (left m3). Its type locality is Red Hot, which is in a Wasatchian estuary/bay sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Red Hot

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