†Africtis sirtensis Mattingly et al. 2020 (placental)
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Full reference: S. G. Mattingly, K. C. Beard, P. M. C. Coster, M. J. Salem, Y. Chaimanee and J.-J. Jaegar. 2020. A new carnivoraform from the early Oligocene of Libya: Oldest known record of Carnivoramorpha in Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 172:103994
Belongs to Africtis according to S. G. Mattingly et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Z7I-11, a tooth (right m1). Its type locality is Zallah 7 Incision, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in Libya.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Zallah 7 Incision
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