†Ptolemaia Osborn 1908 (mammal)
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Mammalia - Ptolemaiida - Ptolemaiidae
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New fossil mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(16):265-272
Parent taxon: Ptolemaiidae according to H. F. Osborn 1908
See also Gunnell et al. 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxon: Cleopatrodon
Subtaxa: Ptolemaia grangeri Ptolemaia lyonsi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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