Lignimus austridakotensis Korth 1996 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1996. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Bijou Hills Local Fauna (Barstovian), South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 31(1):49-55

Belongs to Lignimus according to W. W. Korth 1996

Sister taxon: Lignimus montis

Type specimen: Its type locality is South Bijou Hill, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial claystone in the Fort Randall Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser

Distribution: found only at South Bijou Hill

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