Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
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 Kellogg 1910
Sister taxa: Diprionomys agrarius, Diprionomys minimus
Type specimen: UCMP 12566, a mandible (right mandible with incisor, p4, m1). 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 (4: Nevada, Oregon collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: California, Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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