Microtia magna Freudenthal 1976 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Full reference: M. Freudenthal. 1976. Rodent stratigraphy of some Miocene fissure fillings in Gargano (prov. Foggia, Italy). Scripta Geologica 37:1-23

Belongs to Microtia according to M. Freudenthal 1976

Sister taxa: Microtia maiuscula, Microtia parva

Type specimen: RGM 179335, a skull. Its type locality is San Giovannino, which is in a Vallesian/Turolian fissure fill horizon in Italy.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at San Giovannino

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