Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Phenacomys (Pliophenacomys)
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192
Parent taxon: Arvicolinae according to R. J. Zakrzewski 1984
See also Hibbard 1937, Hibbard 1950, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Skinner and Hibbard 1972
Sister taxa: Allophaiomys, Arvicolini, Atopomys, Dicrostonychini, Dinaromys, Lasiopodomys, Lemmini, Mimomys, Myodini, Ondatrinae, Ondatrini, Orcemys, Phenacomyini, Praesynaptomys, Prolagurus, Prometheomyini, Synaptomyini
Subtaxa: Pliophenacomys dixonensis
Type: Phenacomys (Pliophenacomys) primaevus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: South Dakota collection)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (19: Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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