Zetamys Martin 1974 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zetamyidae

Full reference: L. D. Martin. 1974. New rodents from the lower Miocene Gering Formation of western Nebraska. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas 32:1-12

Parent taxon: Zetamyidae according to I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca et al. 2018

See also Martin 1974 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxon: Protozetamys

Subtaxa: Zetamys nebraskensis

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Type: Zetamys nebraskensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Nipple Butte Quarry ( of Nebraska)

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