Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Entoptychus minimus
Full reference: L. Kellogg. 1910. Rodent fauna of the late Tertiary beds at Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek, Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(29):421-437
Belongs to Diprionomys according to W. W. Korth and D. D. De Blieux 2010
See also Wilson 1937, Wood 1936 and Wood 1936
Sister taxa: Diprionomys agrarius, Diprionomys parvus
Type specimen: UCMP 12569, a mandible (left mandible with p4-m2). Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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