Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: O. Carranza-Castañeda and A. H. Walton. 1992. Cricetid rodents from the Rancho El Ocote fauna, late Hemphillian (Pliocene), State of Guanajuato. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geologia, Revista 10(1):71-93
Belongs to Prosigmodon according to O. Carranza-Castañeda and A. H. Walton 1992
Sister taxa: Prosigmodon chihuahuensis, Prosigmodon holocuspis, Prosigmodon oroscoi, Prosigmodon tecolotum
Type specimen: IGCU 7254, a tooth (right M1). Its type locality is Rancho El Ocote (Medial), which is in a Hemphillian channel claystone/sandstone in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Rancho El Ocote (Medial)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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