Yuomys weijingensis Ye 1983 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: J. Ye. 1983. Mammalian Fauna from the Late Eocene of Ulan Shireh Area, Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):109-118

Belongs to Yuomys according to Ye 1983

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

Type specimen: IVPP V 6694, a tooth. Its type locality is Ulan Shireh (SSPE), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Shara Murum Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ulan Shireh (SSPE)

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