†Pliotomodon Hoffmeister 1945 (mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: D. F. Hoffmeister. 1945. Cricetine Rodents of the Middle Pliocene of the Mulholland Fauna, California. Journal of Mammalogy 26:186-191
Parent taxon: Cricetodontinae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also Hoffmeister 1945, Lindsay 2008 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Cricetodon, Cricetodontini, Deperetomys, Fahlbuschiini, Hispanomys, Megacricetodon, Mixocricetodon, Plesiodipus, Spanocricetodon
Subtaxa: Pliotomodon primitivus
Type: Pliotomodon primitivus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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