Oligonyctia hoffmani 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 Oligonyctia according to R. Ziegler 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Boutersem TGV, which is in a Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Borgloon Formation of Belgium

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Boutersem TGV

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