†Nuryctes alayensis Lopatin and Averianov 2004 (eutherian)
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Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin and A. O. Averianov. 2004. New Palaeoryctidae (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 38(5):556-562
Belongs to Nuryctes according to A. V. Lopatin and A. O. Averianov 2004
Sister taxa: Nuryctes gobiensis, Nuryctes qinlingensis
Type specimen: ZIN 86145, a mandible. Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Andarak 2
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