Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1967. New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:115-131
Belongs to Neotoma (Paraneotoma) according to O. Carranza-CastaƱeda and A. H. Walton 1992
See also Hibbard 1967
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UMMP 41396, a tooth (right M1). Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (4: California, Kansas collections)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (3: Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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