Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Synonym: Etadonomys Hibbard 1943
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1939. Notes on Additional Fauna of Edson Quarry of the Middle Pliocene of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 42:457-462
Parent taxon: Heteromyidae according to Hibbard 1939
See also Korth 1997, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Zakrzewski 1981
Sister taxa: Aurimys, Chaetodipus, Cupidinimus, Dikkomys, Dipodomyinae, Eodipodomys, Harrymyinae, Heteromyinae, Korthomys, Mioheteromyinae, Oregonomys, Paratrogomys, Perodipus, Perognathinae, Stratimus
Subtaxa: Prodipodomys coquorum Prodipodomys griggsorum Prodipodomys hibbardi Prodipodomys idahoensis Prodipodomys riversidensis Prodipodomys tiheni Prodipodomys timoteoensis
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: California, Kansas, South Dakota collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (28: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (5: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 44 collections including 50 occurrences
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