Copemys shotwelli Wilson 1968 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Tregomys shotwelli

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 E. H. Lindsay 1972

See also Sutton and Korth 1995, Voorhies 1990 and Wilson 1968

Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys esmeraldensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys loxodon, Copemys pagei, Copemys pisinnus, Copemys russelli, Copemys tenuis, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon vindoboniensis, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon sulcatus

Type specimen: UMMP V55787, a mandible (sin. with complete dentition). 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, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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