†family Ptolemaiidae Osborn 1908 (mammal)
Mammalia - Ptolemaiida - Ptolemaiidae
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1908. New fossil mammals from the Fayƻm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(16):265-272
Parent taxon: Ptolemaiida according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2010
See also Cote et al. 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Kelbidae, Qarunavus
Subtaxa: Cleopatrodon Ptolemaia
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences