Postcopemys maxumensis Lindsay and Czaplewski 2011 (rodent)

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 repenningi, Postcopemys valensis, Postcopemys vasquezi

Type specimen: UCMP 87890, a tooth (left m/1). Its type locality is UCMP V-6869, Maxum, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Tassajara Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP V-6869, Maxum

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