Ptilocercus kylin

Ptilocercus kylin; Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Scandentia
Family:	Ptilocercidae
Genus:	Ptilocercus
Species:	†P. kylin
Binomial name
	†Ptilocercus kylin; Li & Ni, 2016

Last updated April 24, 2025

Ptilocercus kylin is an extinct species of Ptilocercus that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Ptilocercus kylin is known from the Lijiawa Mammalian Fossil locality of China.^[1]

References

↑ Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun (14 January 2016). "An early Oligocene fossil demonstrates treeshrews are slowly evolving "living fossils"". Scientific Reports . 6 (1): 18627. doi:10.1038/srep18627. ISSN 2045-2322 . Retrieved 20 April 2025.

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[1] Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun (14 January 2016). "An early Oligocene fossil demonstrates treeshrews are slowly evolving "living fossils"". Scientific Reports . 6 (1): 18627. doi:10.1038/srep18627. ISSN 2045-2322 . Retrieved 20 April 2025.

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