Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Full reference: B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu. 2000. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Member of Xianshuihe Formation in Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(1):10-35
Belongs to Litodonomys according to Wang and Qiu 2000
Sister taxa: Litodonomys lajeensis, Litodonomys xishuiensis
Type specimen: IVPP V11768, a tooth (Right M2). Its type locality is Shangxigou (GL 9601B), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone in the Xianshuihe Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (4 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mongolia (1)
• Oligocene of China (4), Mongolia (2)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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