Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: L. Kellogg. 1910. Rodent fauna of the late Tertiary beds at Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek, Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(29):421-437
Parent taxon: Heteromyidae according to Kellogg 1910
See also Korth and De Blieux 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Aurimys, Balantiomys, Chaetodipus, Cupidinimus, Dikkomys, Dipodomyinae, Dipodomys, Eodipodomys, Harrymyinae, Harrymys, Heteromyinae, Lignimus, Liomys, Mioheteromys, Mookomys, Oregonomys, Peridiomys, Perodipus, Perognathinae, Perognathus, Prodipodomys, Proheteromys, Schizodontomys, Stratimus, Trogomys
Subtaxa: Diprionomys agrarius Diprionomys minimus Diprionomys parvus
Type: Diprionomys parvus
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (6: California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah collections)
• Miocene of United States (8: California, Nebraska, Nevada)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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