Gesneropithex fingularis Hooker 1986 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Full reference: J. J. Hooker. 1986. Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39(4):191-478

Belongs to Gesneropithex according to J. J. Hooker 1986

Sister taxon: Gesneropithex peyeri

Type specimen: BMNH M35407, a tooth

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gesneropithex fingularis in the database

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