†Zaraalestes Storch and Dashzeveg 1997 (placental)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Changlelestidae
Full reference: G. Storch and D. Dashzeveg. 1997. Zaraalestes russelli, a new tupaiodontine erinaceid (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. Geobios 30(3):437-445
Parent taxon: Tupaiodontinae according to G. Storch and D. Dashzeveg 1997
See also Lopatin 2003 and Ziegler et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Anatolechinos, Ictopidium, Tupaiodon
Subtaxa: Zaraalestes minutus Zaraalestes russelli
Type: Zaraalestes russelli
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mongolia (20 collections)
• Eocene of Mongolia (2)
Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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