Peramuroides tenuiscus Davis 2012 (mammal)

Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

Full reference: B. M. Davis. 2012. Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England. Palaeontology 55(4):789-817

Belongs to Peramuroides according to B. M. Davis 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH M47744, a mandible (a left dentary fragment preserving alveoli for i1–i5, the canine and the m2 and crowns of the i3, p1–p5 and m1). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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