Promicrogale namibiensis 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

Belongs to Promicrogale according to M. Pickford 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSN EF 30’11, a mandible (left mandible with canine-m3). Its type locality is Elisabethfeld, which is in a Miocene fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Elisabethfeld

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