Downsimys margolesi Flynn et al. 1986 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: L.J. Flynn, L.L. Jacobs, and I.U. Cheema. 1986. Baluchimyinae, A New Ctenodactyloid Rodent Subfamily from the Miocene of Baluchistan. American Museum Novitates 2841:1-58

Belongs to Downsimys according to L.J. Flynn et al. 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSP 8407, a tooth (P4 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Y-GSP 417, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Y-GSP 417

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