Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Tregomys pisinnus
Full reference: R. L. Wilson. 1968. Systematics and faunal analysis of a Lower Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from Trego County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22(7):75-126
Belongs to Copemys according to R. L. Wilson 1968
See also Dalquest et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys esmeraldensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys loxodon, Copemys pagei, Copemys russelli, Copemys shotwelli, Copemys tenuis, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon vindoboniensis, Democricetodon franconicus
Type specimen: UMMP V55819, a mandible (mand. with m1-and m2). Its type locality is WaKeeny (UM-K6-59), which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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