Sarcodon zhaii Huang 2003 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Sarcodontidae

Full reference: X.-S. Huang. 2003. Mammalian remains from the late Paleocene of Jiashan, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(1):42-54

Belongs to Sarcodon according to X.-S. Huang 2003

Sister taxa: Sarcodon minor, Sarcodon pygmaeus

Type specimen: IVPP V11358, a mandible (Left lower jaw). Its type locality is 1 km south of Xinzhuang Village, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Tujinshan Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at 1 km south of Xinzhuang Village

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