Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Chambelestidae

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant and J. L. Hartenberger. 1999. Nouveau mammifère insectivore (?Lipotyphla, ?Erinaceomorpha) de l’Eocène inférieur de Chambi (Tunisie). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 73(1):143-156

Parent taxon: Erinaceomorpha according to E. Gheerbrant and J. L. Hartenberger 1999

Sister taxa: Creotarsinae, Diacodon, Ghambilentes, Quadratodon, Seia, Sespedectidae, Talpavoides, Talpavus, Vastanidae

Subtaxa: Chambilestes

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Chambi (Eocene to Eocene of Tunisia)

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