†Eotmantsoius Tabuce et al. 2012 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Full reference: R. Tabuce, J.-J. Jaeger, L. Marivaux, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, M. Benammi, Y. Chaimanee, P. Coster, B. Marandat, X. Valentin, and M. Brunet. 2012. New stem elephant-shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) from the Eocene of Dur At-Talah, Libya. Palaeontology 55(5):945-955
Parent taxon: Herodotiinae according to R. Tabuce 2017
See also Tabuce et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Chambius, Herodotius, Nementchatherium
Subtaxa: Eotmantsoius perseverans
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 1 (Eocene to Eocene of Libya)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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