Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1967. New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:115-131
Belongs to Neotoma (Paraneotoma) according to C. W. Hibbard 1967
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Neotoma (Paraneotoma) fossilis, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) minutus, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) quadriplicata, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) sawrockensis, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) vaughani
Type specimen: UMMP 53841, a tooth (right M1). Its type locality is Borchers, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial siltstone in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Blancan of United States (4: Arizona, California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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