Jarveia minuscula 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

Belongs to Jarveia according to L. A. Nessov 1987

Sister taxon: Jarveia erronea

Type specimen: CCMGE 13/12455, a mandible. Its type locality is Zhylga 1a, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Zhylga 1a

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