Mammalia - Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae

The holotype specimen was previously described as "Palaeoamasia sp. nov." by Sanders et al. (2014)

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Full reference: G. Métais, P. Coster, M. Kaya, A. Licht, K. Miller, F. Ocakoğlu, K. Rust and K. C. Beard. 2024. Rapid colonization and diversification of a large-bodied mammalian herbivore clade in an insular context: new embrithopods from the Eocene of Balkanatolia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 31(15):1-19

Belongs to Axainamasia according to G. Métais et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BOY-2, a maxilla (right maxilla preserving M2-3). Its type locality is BOY-1, Boyabat, which is in a Priabonian coastal mudstone in the Cemalettin Formation of Türkiye.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at BOY-1, Boyabat

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