Paronychomys alticuspis Baskin 1979 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: J. A. Baskin. 1979. Small Mammals of the Hemphillian Age White Cone Local Fauna, Northeastern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):695-708

Belongs to Paronychomys according to J. A. Baskin 1979

Sister taxa: Paronychomys lemredfieldi, Paronychomys shotwelli, Paronychomys tuttlei

Type specimen: Its type locality is White Cone, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Bidahochi Formation of Arizona

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at White Cone

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