Quadratodon De Bast and Smith 2017 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: E. De Bast and T. Smith. 2017. The oldest Cenozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Paleocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(9):741-785

Parent taxon: Erinaceomorpha according to E. De Bast and T. Smith 2017

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

Subtaxa: Quadratodon sigei

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Type: Quadratodon sigei

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hainin well vertebrate fauna (Paleocene of Belgium)

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