Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: J. S. Zijlstra, D. A. McFarlane, L. W. Hoek Ostende and J. Lundberg. 2014. New rodents (Cricetidae) from the Neogene of Curaçao and Bonaire, Dutch Antilles. Palaeontology 57(5):895-908
Belongs to Cordimus according to J. S. Zijlstra et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cordimus debuisonjei, Cordimus raton
Type specimen: RGM 444360, a mandible (nearly complete right dentary with m1-3 and i1). Its type locality is Cueba di Curado, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in the Netherlands Antilles.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Netherlands Antilles (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Holocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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