†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

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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