Bustylus cernaysi 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

Belongs to Bustylus according to Gheerbrant and Russell 1991

See also Gheerbrant 1995

Sister taxa: Bustylus folieae, Bustylus germanicus, Bustylus marandati

Type specimen: CR 15950, a tooth (left m2). Its type locality is Cernay, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Conglomérat de Cernay Formation of France.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of France (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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