Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Full reference: M. Freudenthal and E. Martín-Suárez. 2017. A revision of European Plesiosminthus (Rodentia, Dipodidae), and new material from the upper Oligocene of Teruel (Spain). Palaeontologia Electronica 20(2):41A:1-25
Belongs to Plesiosminthus according to M. Freudenthal and E. Martín-Suárez 2017
Sister taxa: Plesiosminthus admyarion, Plesiosminthus asiaticus, Plesiosminthus barsboldi, Plesiosminthus bavaricus, Plesiosminthus conjunctus, Plesiosminthus fremdi, Plesiosminthus huangshuiensis, Plesiosminthus margaritae, Plesiosminthus meridionalis, Plesiosminthus moralesi, Plesiosminthus myarion, Plesiosminthus olzi, Plesiosminthus promyarion, Plesiosminthus schaubi, Plesiosminthus tereskentensis, Plesiosminthus winistoerferi, Plesiosminthus xiningensis
Type specimen: PDS 510, a tooth. Its type locality is Pech Desse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Pech Desse
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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