Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: M. D. Carleton and R. E. Eshelman. 1979. A Synopsis of Fossil Grasshopper Mice, Genus Onychomys, and their Relationships to Recent Species . University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 21:1-63
Belongs to Onychomys according to M. D. Carleton and R. E. Eshelman 1979
Sister taxa: Onychomys bensoni, Onychomys gidleyi, Onychomys jinglebobensis, Onychomys larrabeei, Onychomys leucogaster, Onychomys martini, Onychomys pedroensis, Onychomys torridus
Type specimen: 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 (3: Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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