Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Belongs to Plesiosminthus according to Schaub 1930
Sister taxa: Plesiosminthus admyarion, Plesiosminthus asiaticus, Plesiosminthus barsboldi, Plesiosminthus bavaricus, Plesiosminthus conjunctus, Plesiosminthus fremdi, Plesiosminthus huangshuiensis, Plesiosminthus margaritae, Plesiosminthus meridionalis, Plesiosminthus moniqueae, Plesiosminthus moralesi, Plesiosminthus myarion, Plesiosminthus olzi, Plesiosminthus schaubi, Plesiosminthus tereskentensis, Plesiosminthus winistoerferi, Plesiosminthus xiningensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rickenbach, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1), Mongolia (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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