Metasarcodon udovichenkoi Averianov 1994 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Sarcodontidae

Alternative combination: Sarcodon udovichenkoi

Full reference: A. O. Averianov. 1994. A new species of Sarcodon (Mammalia, Palaeoryctoidea) from the Lower Eocene of Kirgizia. Geobios 27(2):255-258

Belongs to Metasarcodon according to A. V. Lopatin 2006

See also Averianov 1994

Sister taxon: Metasarcodon reshetovi

Type specimen: ZIN 78969, a tooth (Right M1). Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Andarak 2

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