Saturninia tuberi Crochet 1995 (placental)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae

Alternative combination: Darbonetus tuberi

Full reference: J.-Y. Crochet. 1995. Le Garouillas et les sites contemporains (Oligocene, MP 25) des phosphorites du Quercy (Lot, Tarn-et garonne, France) et leurs faunes de vertebres. 4. Marsupiaux et insectivores. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 236(1-6):39-75

Belongs to Saturninia according to J. J. Hooker 2018

See also Crochet 1995

Sister taxa: Saturninia beata, Saturninia carbonum, Saturninia gracilis, Saturninia intermedia, Saturninia mamertensis

Type specimen: PUM II, Gar-218 mandible sin. with p4-m1, a mandible. Its type locality is Le Garouillas (Phosphorites du Quercy, MP 25), which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Le Garouillas (Phosphorites du Quercy, MP 25)

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