Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Full reference: B. Sigé and G. Storch. 2001. Un nouveau Saturninia (Nyctitheriidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) de l'assise OK (Oberkohle, MP 14) du bassin lignitifère du Geiseltal (Eocène moyen supérieur d'Allemagne). Senckenbergiana lethaea 81(2):343-346
Belongs to Saturninia according to B. Sigé and G. Storch 2001
Sister taxa: Saturninia beata, Saturninia gracilis, Saturninia intermedia, Saturninia mamertensis, Saturninia tuberi
Type specimen: CeV-3001, a mandible (dext. with i2-m3). Its type locality is Geiseltal, Cl V, Grube "Cecilie", Trichter Nord, which is in an Eocene lacustrine horizon in Germany.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal, Cl V, Grube "Cecilie", Trichter Nord
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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