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 freisingensis, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon vindoboniensis, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon haltmari
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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