Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: E. H. Lindsay and L. J. Flynn. 2016. Late Oligocene and Early Miocene Muroidea of the Zinda Pir Dome. Historical Biology 28(1-2):215-236

Belongs to Primus according to E. H. Lindsay and L. J. Flynn 2016

Sister taxon: Primus microps

Type specimen: PMNH 2001, a tooth. Its type locality is Z113, which is in an Aquitanian terrestrial horizon in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Pakistan (6 collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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