Bustylus Gheerbrant and Russell 1991 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Adapisoriculidae

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant and D. E. Russell. 1991. Bustylus cernaysi nov. gen., nov. sp., nouvel Adapisoriculidé (Mammalia, Eutheria) Paléocène d'Europe. Geobios 24(4):467-481

Parent taxon: Adapisoriculidae according to E. De Bast et al. 2012

See also Gheerbrant 1991, Gheerbrant 1995 and Gheerbrant and Russell 1991

Sister taxa: Adapisoriculus, Afrodon, Deccanolestes, Garatherium, Indolestes, Proremiculus

Subtaxa: Bustylus cernaysi Bustylus folieae Bustylus germanicus Bustylus marandati

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Belgium (2), France (3), Germany (2)

Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences

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