Subathumys solanorius Gupta and Kumar 2015 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chapattimyidae

Full reference: S. Gupta and K. Kumar. 2015. Early Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Subathu Formation of type area (Himachal Pradesh), NW sub-Himalaya, India: Palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of Earth System Science 124(6):1201-1221

Belongs to Subathumys according to S. Gupta and K. Kumar 2015

Sister taxon: Subathumys globulus

Type specimen: WIMF/A 1636, a tooth. Its type locality is Kuthar River tributary, which is in an Eocene terrestrial shale in the Subathu Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kuthar River tributary

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