†Quercygale smithi Solé 2014 (placental)
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Full reference: F. Solé. 2014. New carnivoraforms from the early Eocene of Europe and their bearing on the evolution of the Carnivoraformes. Palaeontology 57(5):963-978
Belongs to Quercygale according to F. Solé 2014
Sister taxa: Quercygale angustidens, Quercygale hastingsae, Quercygale helvetica
Type specimen: MNHN.F.Ma14839, a mandible (Left mandible bearing M1 and roots of M2). Its type locality is Mancy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Sables a Unios et Teredines Formation of France.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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