†Cryptotopos communis Ziegler 2007 (placental)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Full reference: R. Ziegler. 2007. The nyctitheriids (Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from Early Oligocene fissure fillings in South Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 246(2):183-203
Belongs to Cryptotopos according to R. Ziegler 2007
Sister taxon: Cryptotopos beatus
Type specimen: SMNS 47281, a mandible. Its type locality is Ehrenstein 12, which is in a MP 22 fissure fill horizon in Germany.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (16 collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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