Ectropomys exiguus Bosma and Schmidt-Kittler 1972 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: A. A. Bosma and N. Schmidt-Kittler. 1972. Ectropomys exiguus n. gen., n. sp., member of the Oltinomyinae n. subfam. (Theridomyidae, Rodentia), from Paleogene deposits of the Isle of Wight (England) and southern Germany. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry 75(3):181-192

Belongs to Ectropomys according to A. A. Bosma and N. Schmidt-Kittler 1972

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Whitecliff Bay WB2B, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, which is in an Eocene marine marl/limestone in the Bembridge Marls Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Spain (1 collection)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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