Yuomys yunnanensis Huang and Zhang 1990 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: X. Huang and J. Zhang. 1990. First record of Early Tertiary mammals from Southern Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(4):296-303

Belongs to Yuomys according to X. Huang and J. Zhang 1990

Sister taxa: Yuomys cavioides, Yuomys eleganes, Yuomys huangzhuangensis, Yuomys huheboerhensis, Yuomys minggangensis, Yuomys weijingensis

Type specimen: IVPP V 8578, a mandible. Its type locality is Chake Town, which is in an Eocene terrestrial mudstone/siltstone in the Chake Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chake Town

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