Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Synonyms: Peralestes longirostris Owen 1871, Spalacotherium longirostris Owen 1871
Full reference: R. Owen. 1854. On some fossil reptilian and mammalian remains from the Purbecks. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:420-433
Belongs to Spalacotherium according to W. A. Clemens 1963
See also Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Clemens and Lees 1971, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1854, Owen 1859, Owen 1871, Simpson 1925 and Simpson 1928
Sister taxa: Spalacotherium evansae, Spalacotherium henkeli, Spalacotherium hookeri, Spalacotherium taylori, Spalacotherium tricuspis
Type specimens:
- Spalacotherium tricuspidens: BMNH 46019, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Peralestes longirostris: BMNH 47740, a maxilla (partial right upper jaw). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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