Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe 1953 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Parent taxon: Platacanthomyidae according to P. Mein and L. Ginsburg 1997

See also de Bruijn and Moltzer 1974, Kowalski 1993 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Platacanthomys, Typhlomys

Subtaxa: Neocometes orientalis Neocometes similis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), Germany (4), Poland (2), Slovakia (1), South Korea (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), Thailand (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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