Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Microtoscoptes disjunctus
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1937. New middle Pliocene rodent and lagomorph faunas from Oregon and California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487(1):2-19
Belongs to Goniodontomys according to M. R. Voorhies 1990
See also Hibbard 1959, Shotwell 1970 and Wilson 1937
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rome, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Oregon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Nebraska, Oregon collections)
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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