Zhigdenia nemegetica Lopatin 2006 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2006. Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora. Paleontological Journal 40(3):S205-S405

Belongs to Zhigdenia according to A. V. Lopatin 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3107/431, a maxilla. Its type locality is Naran Bulak, Nemegt Depression, which is in a Gashatan terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution: found only at Naran Bulak, Nemegt Depression

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