Euronyctia recta Ziegler 2007 (placental)

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 Euronyctia according to R. Ziegler 2007

Sister taxa: Euronyctia belgica, Euronyctia franconica, Euronyctia montana, Euronyctia saturninensis

Type specimen: SMNS 47283, a tooth. Its type locality is Ehrenstein 12, which is in a MP 22 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ehrenstein 12

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