†Valentinella vitrollense Tabuce et al. 2004 (eutherian)
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Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Zhelestidae
Full reference: R. Tabuce, M. Vianey-Liaud, and G. Garcia. 2004. A eutherian mammal in the latest Cretaceous of Vitrolles, southern France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):347-356
Belongs to Valentinella according to R. Tabuce et al. 2013
See also Gheerbrant and Astibia 2012 and Tabuce et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UM-VLP-2, a mandible (damaged right dentary with p3-m3). Its type locality is Vitrolles la Plaine, Rognac, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone/marl in France.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Vitrolles la Plaine, Rognac
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