Bustylus germanicus Russell 1964 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Adapisoriculidae

Alternative combinations: Adapisoriculus germanicus, Afrodon germanicus

Belongs to Bustylus according to E. De Bast et al. 2013

See also Gheerbrant 1995 and Gheerbrant and Russell 1989

Sister taxa: Bustylus cernaysi, Bustylus folieae, Bustylus marandati

Type specimen: Wa/358, a mandible (left dentary with M/2-3). Its type locality is Walbeck (Weferlingen), which is in a Selandian fissure fill sandstone/mudstone in Germany.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (2), Germany (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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