Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Prodipodomys kansensis
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1937. Additional Fauna of Edson Quarry of the Middle Pliocene of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 18(3):460-464
Belongs to Dipodomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1937
See also Dalquest et al. 1992, Hibbard 1939 and Jacobs 1977
Sister taxa: Dipodomys agilis, Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys deserti, Dipodomys gidleyi, Dipodomys heermanni, Dipodomys hibbardi, Dipodomys ingens, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys microps, Dipodomys minor, Dipodomys nitratoides, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys pattersoni, Dipodomys spectabilis
Type specimen: KUMVP 3945, a mandible (lower left jaw, bearing incisor, p4, alveoli of m1, m2, and m3; angle, condyle and coronoid process missing). Its type locality is Edson, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.
Ecology: saltatorial granivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Arizona, Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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