Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1990. The Verde Local Fauna: Small vertebrate fossils from the Verde Formation, Arizona. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 37(3):1-39
Belongs to Neotoma (Paraneotoma) according to N. J. Czaplewski 1990
Sister taxa: Neotoma (Paraneotoma) minutus, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) sawrockensis, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) taylori
Type specimen: MNA V4882, a partial skull (right dentary with i1, m1-3, and associated fragmentary maxillary portion of a skull with left M1-3 and right m3). Its type locality is House Mountain (MNA 318), which is in a Blancan terrestrial mudstone in the Verde Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (3: Arizona, Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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