Plesiosminthus fremdi Korth and Samuels 2015 (jumping mouse)

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

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