Comtia bernardi Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, B. Comte, B. Marandat, S. Peigné, J.-C. Rage and J. Sudre. 2014. A new early late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France). Geodiversitas 36(4):565-622

Belongs to Comtia according to M. Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISE-M, UM2 SPV190, a tooth (isolated right M1-2). Its type locality is Saint-Privat-des-Vieux, which is in a MP 26 mire/swamp mudstone/limestone in France.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Privat-des-Vieux

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