Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: R. A. Martin, P. Peláez-Compomanes, C. Ronez, F. Barbière, T. S. Kelly, E. H. Lindsay, J. A. Baskin, N. J. Czaplewski, and U. F. J. Pardiñas. 2020. A new genus of cricetid rodent (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Clarendonian (late Miocene) of North America and a consideration of sigmodontine origins. Paludicola 12(4):289-320
Parent taxon: Sigmodontinae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Abrothrix, Chelemys, Cordimus, Delomys, Euneomys, Geoxus, Handleyomys, Holochilus, Ichthyomyini, Ichthyurodon, Irenomys, Juliomys, Lundomys, Melanomys, Microryzomys, Miotomodon, Nectomys, Noronhomys, Oligoryzomys, Oryzomyalia, Panchomys, Phyllotini, Pseudoryzomys, Rhipidomys, Scolomys, Thomasomys, Wiedomyini, Wilfredomys
Subtaxa: Honeymys mariae
Type: Copemys mariae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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