Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Full reference: G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, and O. Maridet. 2014. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:131-214
Belongs to Heosminthus according to G. Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Heosminthus chimidae, Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus nomogenesis, Heosminthus primiveris, Heosminthus verus
Type specimen: NHMW 2013/0117/0001, a maxilla. Its type locality is Unkheltseg, UNCH-A/3, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (4 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mongolia (1)
• Oligocene of Mongolia (11)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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