Kharomys mirandus Dashzeveg 1990 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Tamquammyidae

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1990. The earliest rodents (Rodentia, Ctenodactyloidea) of Central Asia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33(2):11-35

Belongs to Kharomys according to D. Dashzeveg 1990

Sister taxon: Kharomys gracilis

Type specimen: PSS 20-179, a maxilla. Its type locality is Tsagan Khushu Quarry 2, which is in a Bumbanian terrestrial sandstone in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Khushu Quarry 2

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