†Monshyus Sudre and Russell 1982 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae
Full reference: J. Sudre and D. E. Russell. 1982. Les mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique). Part 2: les condylarthres. Palaeovertebrata 12(6):173-184
Parent taxon: Louisinidae according to J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell 2012
See also Sudre and Russell 1982 and Zack et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Berrulestes, Cingulodon, Dipavali, Gigarton, Louisina, Prolouisina, Thryptodon, Walbeckodon
Subtaxa: Monshyus praevius
Type: Monshyus praevius
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Hainin well vertebrate fauna (Paleocene of Belgium)
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