†Monshyus praevius 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
Belongs to Monshyus according to E. De Bast and T. Smith 2017
See also Hooker and Russell 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IRSNB M1970, a tooth (Left M1 or M2). Its type locality is Hainin well vertebrate fauna, which is in a Danian lacustrine claystone in the Hainin Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Hainin well vertebrate fauna
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