Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Plesiosoricidae

Full reference: D. E. Russell and P. D. Gingerich. 1981. Lipotyphla, Proteutheria(?), and Chiroptera (Mammalia) from the early-middle Eocene Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(14):277-287

Parent taxon: Plesiosoricidae according to R. Ziegler 2009

See also Gingerich et al. 1983, Lopatin 2006 and Russell and Gingerich 1981

Sister taxa: Butselia, Butseliinae, Ordolestes, Plesiosorex, Plesiosoricinae, Pseudoneurogymnurus, Siamosorex

Subtaxa: Pakilestes lathrius

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Type: Pakilestes lathrius

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Chorlakki (Eocene of Pakistan)

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