†Ptolemaia lyonsi Osborn 1908 (mammal)
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Mammalia - Ptolemaiida - Ptolemaiidae
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New fossil mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(16):265-272
Belongs to Ptolemaia according to H. F. Osborn 1908
See also Gunnell et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Ptolemaia grangeri
Type specimen: AMNH 13269, a mandible. Its type locality is Quarry A (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry A (Jebel Qatrani Formation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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