Srinitium marteli Hugueney 1976 (shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: M. Hugueney. 1976. Un stade primitif dans lévolution des Soricinae (Mammalia, Insectivora): Srinitium marteli nov. gen. nov. sp. de l'Oligocène moyen de Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (Vaucluse). Comptes rendus d'Academie des Sciences Paris, Serie D 282:981-984

Belongs to Srinitium according to M. Hugueney 1976

Sister taxon: Srinitium caeruleum

Type specimen: FSL 97411, a mandible (dex. with m1-m3). Its type locality is Locus C, Saint Martin de Castillon, excavation in 1970-1971, which is in a MP 24 terrestrial marl/lignite in the Calcaires de Vacheres Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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