Sinostylops promissus Tang and Yan 1976 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Arctostylopidae

Full reference: Y. Tang and D. Yan. 1976. Notes on some Mammalian Fossils from the Paleocene of Qianshan and Xuancheng, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2):91-99

Belongs to Sinostylops according to Y. Tang and D. Yan 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V4263, a mandible. Its type locality is Yangxiaowu, Qianshan locality 71017, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Doumu Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yangxiaowu, Qianshan locality 71017

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