Namachloris Pickford 2015 (golden mole)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2015. Late Eocene Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16:153-193

Parent taxon: Chrysochloridae according to M. Pickford 2015

Sister taxa: Amblysomus, Carpitalpa, Chlorotalpa, Chrysochlorinae, Chrysochloris, Chrysospalax, Cryptochloris, Damarachloris, Diamantochloris, Eremitalpa, Neamblysomus, Proamblysomus, Prochrysochlorinae

Subtaxa: Namachloris arenatans

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Type: Namachloris arenatans

Ecology: fossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eocliff (Eocene of Namibia)

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