†Eodendrogale Tong 1988 (tree shrew)
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Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Full reference: Y. Tong. 1988. Fossil tree shrews from the Eocene Hetaoyuan Formation of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26(3):214-220
Parent taxon: Tupaiidae according to Y. Tong 1988
Sister taxa: Adapisoriculinae, Anathana, Dendrogale, Ptilocercinae, Ptilocercus, Tupaiinae
Subtaxa: Eodendrogale parvum
Type: Eodendrogale parvum
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Xichuan, Hetaoyuan formation, Ligongqiao basin (Eocene to Oligocene of China)
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