Tamquammys fractus Li and Meng 2015 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: Q. Li and J. Meng. 2015. New ctenodactyloid rodents from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of Eocene Asian ctenodactyloids. American Museum Novitates 3828:1-58

Belongs to Tamquammys according to Q. Li and J. Meng 2015

Sister taxa: Tamquammys dispinorum, Tamquammys longus, Tamquammys robustus, Tamquammys tantillus, Tamquammys wilsoni

Type specimen: IVPP V17798, a maxilla. Its type locality is Huheboerhe escarpment (IM-1), which is in an Eocene fluvial sandstone in the Irdin Manha Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Huheboerhe escarpment (IM-1)

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