†Plesiarctomys curranti Hooker 1986 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Full reference: J. J. Hooker. 1986. Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39(4):191-478
Belongs to Plesiarctomys according to J. J. Hooker 1986
Sister taxa: Plesiarctomys gervaisii, Plesiarctomys hartenbergeri, Plesiarctomys huerzeleri
Type specimen: BMNH M37188, a tooth. Its type locality is Creechbarrow Hill, which is in a Bartonian marine marl/marl in the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Creechbarrow Hill
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