Mammalia - Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Full reference: L. Marivaux and J.-L. Welcomme. 2003. New diatomyid and baluchimyine rodents from the Oligocene of Pakistan (Bugti Hills, Balochistan): systematic and paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):420-434
Belongs to Fallomus according to L. Marivaux and J.-L. Welcomme 2003
Sister taxa: Fallomus ladakhensis, Fallomus quraishyi, Fallomus razae
Type specimen: DBC 683, a tooth. Its type locality is Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2), which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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