Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: A. D. Rincón, N. J. Czaplewski, M. Montellano-Ballesteros and M. Benammi. 2016. New species of Postcopemys (Cricetidae: Rodentia) from the early Pliocene of Lago de Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 61(2):108-118
Belongs to Postcopemys according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Postcopemys maxumensis, Postcopemys repenningi, Postcopemys valensis, Postcopemys vasquezi
Type specimen: IGM-4850, a tooth (isolated left m1 (Fig. 2a, recov- ered from stratigraphic level 3).). Its type locality is Lake Chapala (Blancan level), which is in a Blancan terrestrial claystone in the Chapala Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lake Chapala (Blancan level)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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