Gobiomys asiaticus Wang 2001 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gobiomyidae

Full reference: B.-Y. Wang. 2001. Eocene ctenodactyloids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 39(2):98-114

Belongs to Gobiomys according to B.-Y. Wang 2001

Sister taxa: Gobiomys exiguus, Gobiomys neimongolensis

Type specimen: IVPP V 12524.1, a maxilla. Its type locality is Urtyn Obo; IVPP locality 1991004, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Ulan Gocho Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Urtyn Obo; IVPP locality 1991004

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