Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: E. H. Lindsay and N. Czaplewski. 2011. New rodents (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Verde Fauna of Arizona and the Maxum Fauna of California, USA, early Blancan Land Mammal Age. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(3; 29A):1-16
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to Lindsay and Czaplewski 2011
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Antecalomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baiomys, Baranomys, Basirepomys, Bensonomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Copemys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eoeumys, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumys, Galushamys, Geringia, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Goniodontomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Hodomys, Ischymomys, Isthmomys, Jacobsomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Leidymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Microtoscoptes, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Nelsonia, Neofiber, Neotoma, Neotominae, Neotomini, Ochrotomys, Ogmodontomys, Onychomys, Paciculus, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paramicrotoscoptes, Paratarsomys, Paronychomys, Peromyscus, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, Pliomys, Pliotomodon, Poamys, Podomys, Primoprismus, Primus, Promimomys, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pseudomyscus, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Reithrodontomys, Repomys, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Scottimus, Sigmodontinae, Sigmodontini, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Wilsoneumys, Yatkolamys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys
Subtaxa: Postcopemys chapalensis Postcopemys maxumensis Postcopemys repenningi Postcopemys valensis Postcopemys vasquezi
Type: Postcopemys repenningi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection), United States (7: Arizona, California, Nevada)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (5: Arizona, California, Oregon)
Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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