Microparamys hottingeri Marandat 1989 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Full reference: B. Marandat. 1989. Mammiferes nouveaux de l'Ilerdien des Corbieres et du Minervois (Bas-Languedoc, France). Palaeovertebrata 19(3):161-167

Belongs to Microparamys according to B. Marandat 1989

Sister taxa: Microparamys bayi, Microparamys chandoni, Microparamys cheradius, Microparamys dubius, Microparamys hunterae, Microparamys lingchaensis, Microparamys minutus, Microparamys nanus, Microparamys nimius, Microparamys paisi, Microparamys perfossus, Microparamys sambucus, Microparamys scopaiodon, Microparamys solidus, Microparamys solis, Microparamys tricus, Microparamys woodi

Type specimen: FDN 81, a tooth (Left M1). Its type locality is Fordones, which is in an Eocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Calcaire de Ventenac Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Fordones

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