Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and J. X. Samuels. 2015. New rodent material from the John Day Formation (Arikareean, Middle Oligocene to Early Miocene) of Oregon. Annals of Carnegie Museum 83(1):19-84
Belongs to Plesiosminthus according to W. W. Korth and J. X. Samuels 2015
Sister taxa: Plesiosminthus admyarion, Plesiosminthus asiaticus, Plesiosminthus barsboldi, Plesiosminthus bavaricus, Plesiosminthus conjunctus, Plesiosminthus huangshuiensis, Plesiosminthus margaritae, Plesiosminthus meridionalis, Plesiosminthus moniqueae, Plesiosminthus moralesi, Plesiosminthus myarion, Plesiosminthus olzi, Plesiosminthus promyarion, Plesiosminthus schaubi, Plesiosminthus tereskentensis, Plesiosminthus winistoerferi, Plesiosminthus xiningensis
Type specimen: JODA 12686, a mandible. Its type locality is Lonerock Area, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial sandstone in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lonerock Area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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