Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Full reference: E. Gheerbrant. 1992. Les mammifères paléocènes du Bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc). I.Introduction générale et Palaeoryctidae. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 224(3-6):67-132
Belongs to Palaeoryctes according to E. Gheerbrant 1992
Sister taxa: Palaeoryctes cruoris, Palaeoryctes jepseni, Palaeoryctes puercensis, Palaeoryctes punctatus
Type specimen: THR 159, a tooth (Left m1 or 2). Its type locality is Adrar Mgorn 1, which is in a Thanetian peritidal limestone in the Jbel Guersif Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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