Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Full reference: S. C. Sweetman. 2008. A spalacolestine spalacotheriid (Mammalia, Trechnotheria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of southern England and its bearing on spalacotheriid evolution. Palaeontology 51(6):1367-1385
Belongs to Yaverlestes according to S. C. Sweetman 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH M 54386, a mandible (an incomplete right dentary with: alveoli for p1 and dp2; substantially incomplete dp3 (but see discussion below with regard to the anterior dentition); partial). Its type locality is Yaverland bed 38, which is in a Barremian crevasse splay conglomerate in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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