Pliophenacomys finneyi Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1972 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and R. J. Zakrzewski. 1972. A New Species of Microtine from the Late Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy 53(4)

Belongs to Pliophenacomys according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1972

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

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Fox Canyon ( of Kansas)

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