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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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