Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
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: Microtinae according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Hibbard 1950 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Atopomys, Fiber, Nebraskomys, Predicrostonyx, Proneofiber, Sycium
Subtaxa: Pliophenacomys dixonensis Pliophenacomys finneyi Pliophenacomys koenigswaldi Pliophenacomys meadensis Pliophenacomys osborni Pliophenacomys primaevus Pliophenacomys wilsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: South Dakota collection)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (24: Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)
Total: 28 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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