Gigarton louisi Hooker and Russell 2012 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae

Full reference: J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell. 2012. Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164:856-936

Belongs to Gigarton according to J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell 2012

Sister taxa: Gigarton meyeri, Gigarton sigogneauae

Type specimen: MNHN.F.CR-93-L, a tooth (LM2). Its type locality is Cernay, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Conglomérat de Cernay Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cernay

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