Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: E. R. Seiffert and E. L. Simons. 2000. Widanelfarasia, a diminutive placental from the late Eocene of Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97(6):2646-2651

Parent taxon: Tenrecomorpha according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2007

See also Seiffert and Simons 2000

Sister taxa: Afrosoricida, Chrysochloridae, Plesiorycteropus, Potamogalidae, Qatranilestes, Tenrecidae, Dilambdogale, Jawharia, Nanogale

Subtaxa: Widanelfarasia bowni Widanelfarasia rasmusseni

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Type: Widanelfarasia bowni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)

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