Promicrogale Pickford 2018 (tenrec)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Tenrecidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2018. Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18:87-92

Parent taxon: Tenrecidae according to M. Pickford 2018

Sister taxa: Arenagale, Echinops, Geogale, Geogalinae, Limnogale, Microgale, Ndamathaia, Oryzorictinae, Potamogalinae, Protenrecinae, Setifer, Sperrgale, Tenrec, Tenrecinae, Centetinae

Subtaxa: Promicrogale namibiensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Elisabethfeld (Miocene of Namibia)

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