Voltaia Nessov 1987 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1987. Rezultaty poiskov i issledovaniya Melovykh i Rannepaleogenovykh mlekopitayushikh na territorii SSSR [Results of searches and investigations of Cretaceous and early Paleogene mammals in the territory of the USSR]. Ezhegodnik Vzezoyuznaya Paleontologicheskiy Obshchevstvo 30:199-218

Parent taxon: Palaeoryctidae according to L. A. Nessov 1987

See also Lopatin 2006

Sister taxa: Aaptoryctes, Aceroryctes, Deltatheridiinae, Didelphodontinae, Eoryctes, Jarveia, Lainoryctes, Nuryctes, Ottoryctes, Palaeoryctes, Palaeoryctinae, Pararyctes, Pinoryctes

Subtaxa: Voltaia minuta

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Type: Voltaia minuta

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Zhylga 1a (Paleocene of Kazakhstan)

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