Widanelfarasia rasmusseni Seiffert and Simons 2000 (placental)

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

Belongs to Widanelfarasia according to E. R. Seiffert and E. L. Simons 2000

Sister taxon: Widanelfarasia bowni

Type specimen: DPC 17427, a mandible. Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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

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