Protenrec Butler and Hopwood 1957 (tenrec)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Tenrecidae

Parent taxon: Protenrecinae according to P. M. Butler 1984

See also Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxon: Erythrozootes

Subtaxa: Protenrec butleri Protenrec tricuspis

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift (Miocene of Namibia)

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