†Nementchatherium senarhense Tabuce et al. 2001 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Full reference: R. Tabuce, B. Coiffait, P.-E. Coiffait, M. Mahboubi, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2001. A new genus of Macroscelidea (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Algeria: a possible origin for elephant-shrews. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):535-546
Belongs to Nementchatherium according to R. Tabuce et al. 2001
Sister taxon: Nementchatherium rathbuni
Type specimen: UON 357, a tooth. Its type locality is Bir El Ater, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian deltaic sandstone in Algeria.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Bir El Ater
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