†Prolouisina Hooker and Russell 2012 (elephant shrew)
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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
Parent taxon: Louisinidae according to J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell 2012
Sister taxa: Berrulestes, Cingulodon, Dipavali, Gigarton, Louisina, Monshyus, Thryptodon, Walbeckodon
Subtaxa: Prolouisina atavella
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Walbeck (Weferlingen) (Paleocene of Germany)
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