Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Eumys loxodon, Hesperomys loxodon, Peromyscus loxodon
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Notes on the Santa Fé Marls, and Some of the Contained Vertebrate Fossils. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26(2):147-152
Belongs to Copemys according to E. H. Lindsay 1972
See also Clark et al. 1964, Cope 1874, Dalquest et al. 1996, Hay 1902 and Wood 1936
Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys esmeraldensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys pagei, Copemys pisinnus, Copemys russelli, Copemys shotwelli, Copemys tenuis, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon vindoboniensis, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon franconicus
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No. 1204, a mandible (mand. dext. with m1-m2).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nevada, New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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