Zaraalestes russelli Storch and Dashzeveg 1997 (placental)

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

Belongs to Zaraalestes according to G. Storch and D. Dashzeveg 1997

Sister taxon: Zaraalestes minutus

Type specimen: PSS 39-1, a maxilla (dext. with P4-M2). Its type locality is Tsagan Tsav, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Mongolia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Tsav

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