†Herodotius Simons et al. 1991 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Full reference: E. L. Simons, P. A. Holroyd, and T. M. Bown. 1991. Early Tertiary elephant-shrews from Egypt and the origin of the Macroscelidea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 88:9734-9737
Parent taxon: Herodotiinae according to R. Tabuce 2017
See also Seiffert 2007 and Simons et al. 1991
Sister taxa: Chambius, Eotmantsoius, Nementchatherium
Subtaxa: Herodotius pattersoni
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)
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