Bustylus marandati Crochet and Sigé 1983 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Adapisoriculidae

Alternative combination: Peradectes marandati

Full reference: J.-Y. Crochet and B. Sigé. 1983. Les mammifères Montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique) Part III : Marsupiaux. Palaeovertebrata 13(3):51-64

Belongs to Bustylus according to E. De Bast and T. Smith 2017

See also Gheerbrant 1991 and Gheerbrant 1995

Sister taxa: Bustylus cernaysi, Bustylus folieae, Bustylus germanicus

Type specimen: IRSNB M1974, a tooth (Right m2). Its type locality is Hainin well vertebrate fauna, which is in a Danian lacustrine claystone in the Hainin Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hainin well vertebrate fauna

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