Eomylus borealis Chow and Qi 1978 (placental)

Mammalia - Glires

Alternative combination: Mimotona borealis

Full reference: M. Chow and T. Qi. 1978. Paleocene Mammalian Fossils from Nomogen Formation of Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(2):77-85

Belongs to Eomylus according to D. Dashzeveg and D. E. Russell 1988

See also Meng et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Eomylus bayanulanensis, Eomylus zhigdenensis

Type specimen: IVPP V5531, a mandible

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bayan Ulan site (lower 3 m) (Paleocene of China)

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