Tataromys Matthew and Granger 1923 (gundi)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. Nine new rodents from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 102:1-10

Parent taxon: Tataromyinae according to M. Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006

See also Li and Meng 2015, Li and Qiu 1980, Matthew and Granger 1923, McKenna and Bell 1997, Qiu et al. 1981, Tong 1997 and Wang and Qiu 2004

Sister taxa: Alashania, Karakoromys

Subtaxa: Tataromys deflexus Tataromys minor Tataromys plicidens Tataromys sigmodon

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Type: Tataromys plicidens

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (2 collections), Mongolia (1)

• Oligocene of China (17), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (12)

Total: 34 collections including 62 occurrences

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