Miacis boqinghensis Huang et al. 1999 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: X.-S. Huang, Y.-S. Tong, and J.-W. Wang. 1999. A new Miacis (Mammalia Carnivora, Miacidae) from the Middle Eocene of Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(4):291-299

Belongs to Miacis according to X.-S. Huang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Miacis bathygnathus, Miacis deutschi, Miacis edax, Miacis exiguus, Miacis gracilis, Miacis hookwayi, Miacis invictus, Miacis latidens, Miacis lushiensis, Miacis parvivorus, Miacis petilus, Miacis rundlei, Miacis vorax, Miacis vulpinus, Prodaphaenus uintensis, Harpalodon sylvestris

Type specimen: IVPP V11697, a maxilla. Its type locality is Huoshipo, Guojiazhuang Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Hedi Formation of China.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at Huoshipo, Guojiazhuang Village

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