Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: D. E. Russell and D. Dashzeveg. 1986. Early Eocene insectivores (Mammalia) from the People's Republic of Mongolia. Palaeontology 29:269-291
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009
See also Carroll 1988, Lopatin 2006 and Russell and Dashzeveg 1986
Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Delphodon, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Paleotomus, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Naranius americanus Naranius infrequens
Type: Naranius infrequens
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection), Mongolia (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.