Cingulodon De Bast and Smith 2017 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae

Full reference: E. De Bast and T. Smith. 2017. The oldest Cenozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Paleocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(9):741-785

Parent taxon: Louisinidae according to E. De Bast and T. Smith 2017

Sister taxa: Berrulestes, Dipavali, Gigarton, Louisina, Monshyus, Prolouisina, Thryptodon, Walbeckodon

Subtaxa: Cingulodon magioncaldai

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Type: Cingulodon magioncaldai

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hainin well vertebrate fauna (Paleocene of Belgium)

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