Pliophenacomys dixonensis Zakrzewski 1984 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1984. New Arvicolines (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Blancan of Kansas and Nebraska. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:200-217

Belongs to Pliophenacomys according to R. J. Zakrzewski 1984

Sister taxa: Pliophenacomys finneyi, Pliophenacomys koenigswaldi, Pliophenacomys meadensis, Pliophenacomys osborni, Pliophenacomys primaevus, Pliophenacomys wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dixon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Kansas

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dixon

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.