Mammalia - Cimolesta - Sarcodontidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin and P. E. Kondrashov. 2004. Sarcodontinae, a new subfamily of micropternodontid insectivores from the early Paleocene-middle Eocene of Asia. in Paleogene Mammals, S. G. Lucas, K. E. Zeigler, and P.E. Kondrashov (eds.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (26)177-184
Parent taxon: Sarcodontinae according to A. V. Lopatin 2006
See also Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
Sister taxa: Carnilestes, Hyracolestes, Prosarcodon, Sarcodon
Subtaxa: Metasarcodon reshetovi Metasarcodon udovichenkoi
Type: Metasarcodon reshetovi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection), Mongolia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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