Mammalia - Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Full reference: E. Jimenez-Hidalgo, R. Guerrero-Arenas, and K. T. Smith. 2018. Gregorymys veloxikua, the oldest pocket gopher (Rodentia: Geomyidae), and the early diversification of Geomyoidea . Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25:427-439
Belongs to Gregorymys according to E. Jimenez-Hidalgo et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Gregorymys curtus, Gregorymys douglassi, Gregorymys formosus, Gregorymys kayi, Gregorymys larsoni, Gregorymys mixtecorum, Gregorymys riggsi, Gregorymys riograndensis
Type specimen: UMPE 626, a skull (skull and associated mandible). Its type locality is Santiago Yolomécatl, Iniyoo Local Fauna, which is in a Bartonian/Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/chert in the Yolomécatl Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Santiago Yolomécatl, Iniyoo Local Fauna
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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