†Saturninia Stehlin 1940 (placental)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae

Parent taxon: Nyctitheriinae according to R. Ziegler 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Crochet 1974, Hooker 1986, Hooker 1996, Lopatin 2006, Rose and Gingerich 1987 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Cryptotopos, Euronyctia, Oligonyctia, Plagioctenodon, Scraeva, Sigenyctia

Subtaxa: Saturninia beata Saturninia carbonum Saturninia gracilis Saturninia intermedia Saturninia mamertensis Saturninia tuberi

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (4), Germany (4)

• Eocene of France (21), Germany (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (12)

Total: 49 collections including 66 occurrences

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