Mammalia - Cimolesta - Sarcodontidae
Full reference: M. C. McKenna, X. Xiangxu, and Z. Mingzhen. 1984. Prosarcodon lonanensis, a new Paleocene micropternodontid palaeoryctoid insectivore from Asia. American Museum Novitates 2780:1-17
Parent taxon: Sarcodontidae according to P. Missiaen et al. 2013
See also Carroll 1988, Lopatin 2006, Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004 and McKenna et al. 1984
Sister taxa: Carnilestes, Hyracolestes, Metasarcodon, Sarcodon
Subtaxa: Prosarcodon lonanensis Prosarcodon maturus Prosarcodon minutus
Type: Prosarcodon lonanensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Paleocene of China (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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