Chenomys orientalis 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 Chenomys according to Q. Li and J. Meng 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V17805.1, a mandible. Its type locality is Huheboerhe (NM-3), which is in a Bumbanian terrestrial mudstone/claystone in the Nomogen Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Huheboerhe (NM-3)

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