Mammalia - Rodentia - Zetamyidae
Full reference: I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca, L. J. Flynn, J. E. Ruiz-Gonzalez, J. R. Torres-Hernandez, and E. Martinez-Hernandez. 2018. New Eocene rodents from Northwestern Oaxaca, Southeastern Mexico, and their paleobiological significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1514615
Belongs to Protozetamys according to I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM-4912, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with m1–m3). Its type locality is 1.94km ENE of Santiago Yolomécatl, which is in a Bartonian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yolomécatl Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at 1.94km ENE of Santiago Yolomécatl
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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