†Chainodus ulmensis Ziegler 1990 (placental)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Full reference: R. Ziegler. 1990. Didelphidae, Erinaceidae, Metacodontidae und Dimylidae (Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 158:1-99
Belongs to Chainodus according to R. Ziegler 1990
Sister taxa: Chainodus eggingensis, Chainodus intercedens, Chainodus sulcatus
Type specimen: SMNS 44766 D4, a tooth (p4 dext.). Its type locality is Ulm-Westtangente, which is in a MN 2 terrestrial marl in Germany.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Ulm-Westtangente
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