Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Full reference: B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu. 2000. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Member of Xianshuihe Formation in Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(1):10-35
Parent taxon: Dipodidae according to B.-Y. Wang 2003
See also Wang and Qiu 2000
Sister taxa: Allactaga, Allosminthus, Bohlinosminthus, Brachyscirtetes, Dipus, Heosminthus, Jaculus, Lophocricetinae, Lophocricetus, Onjosminthus, Paralactaga, Parasminthus, Proalactaga, Protalactaga, Pygeretmus, Salpingotus, Sinosminthus, Sinozapus, Sminthoides, Stylodipus
Subtaxa: Litodonomys huangheensis Litodonomys lajeensis Litodonomys xishuiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (4 collections), Mongolia (10)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Mongolia (2)
• Oligocene of China (5), Mongolia (7)
Total: 29 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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