†Paciculus cedrus Korth 2014 (mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2014. Rodents (Mammalia) from the Whitneyan (Middle Oligocene) Cedar Pass Fauna of South Dakota. Annals of Carnegie Museum 82(4):373-398
Belongs to Paciculus according to W. W. Korth 2014
Sister taxa: Paciculus insolitus, Paciculus montanus, Paciculus nebraskensis, Paciculus walshi, Paciculus woodi
Type specimen: SDSM 56510, a mandible (right dentary with i1, m1–m3.). Its type locality is Cedar Pass (SDSM V712), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cedar Pass (SDSM V712)
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