Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: E. H. Lindsay and N. Czaplewski. 2011. New rodents (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Verde Fauna of Arizona and the Maxum Fauna of California, USA, early Blancan Land Mammal Age. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(3; 29A):1-16
Belongs to Postcopemys according to E. H. Lindsay and N. Czaplewski 2011
Sister taxa: Postcopemys chapalensis, Postcopemys maxumensis, Postcopemys valensis, Postcopemys vasquezi
Type specimen: MNA V4996, a maxilla (left M1-2). Its type locality is Buckboard Wash, which is in a Blancan terrestrial mudstone in the Verde Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (4: Arizona, California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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