Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Alternative combination: Allosminthus minutus
Full reference: G. Daxner-Höck. 2001. New zapodids (Rodentia) from Oligocene-Miocene deposits in Mongolia. Part 1. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 81(2):359-389
Belongs to Heosminthus according to G. Daxner-Höck 2001
See also Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Heosminthus nomogenesis, Heosminthus primiveris, Heosminthus verus
Type specimen: NHMW 2001z0033/0001/1, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Hsanda Gol, section SHG-A/18-20, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mongolia (18 collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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