Elfomys catalaunicus Bonilla-Salomón et al. 2016 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Full reference: I. Bonilla-Salomón, R. Minwer-Barakat, M. Vianey-Liaud and S. Moyà-Solà. 2016. Middle Eocene rodents from Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (eastern Pyrenees, northern Spain) and biochronological implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Belongs to Elfomys according to I. Bonilla-Salomón et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Elfomys engesseri, Elfomys parvulus, Elfomys tobieni

Type specimen: IPS82505, a tooth (Left m1–2). Its type locality is Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-1, which is in a Bartonian mire/swamp marl in the Bellmunt Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-1

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