Ectypodus riansensis Marandat et al. 2012 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Full reference: B. Marandat, S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, A. Martinez, M. Vianey-Liaud and R. Tabuce. 2012. A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105:417-434

Belongs to Ectypodus according to B. Marandat et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Ectypodus aphronorus, Ectypodus arctos, Ectypodus childei, Ectypodus laytoni, Ectypodus lovei, Ectypodus musculus, Ectypodus powelli, Ectypodus simpsoni, Ectypodus szalayi, Ectypodus tardus

Type specimen: MNHN RI 273, a tooth. Its type locality is Rians, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lignites de Soissonais Formation of France.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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