Asianeomys yanshini Lopatin 2000 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Alternative combination: Pseudotheridomys yanshini

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2000. New early Miocene Aplodontidae and Eomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu Locality (North Aral Region). Paleontological Journal 34(2):198-202

Belongs to Asianeomys according to W.-Y. Wu et al. 2006

See also Lopatin 2000

Sister taxa: Asianeomys asiaticus, Asianeomys bolligeri, Asianeomys dangheensis, Asianeomys fahlbuschi, Asianeomys junggarensis

Type specimen: IAUU, ALT no. 44, a tooth. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed II), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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