Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonym: Onychomys fossilis Hibbard 1941
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1922. Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131:119-131
Belongs to Onychomys according to J. W. Gidley 1922
See also Carleton and Eshelman 1979, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Eshelman and Hibbard 1981, Hibbard 1941 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Onychomys bensoni, Onychomys gidleyi, Onychomys hollisteri, Onychomys jinglebobensis, Onychomys larrabeei, Onychomys leucogaster, Onychomys martini, Onychomys torridus
Type specimens:
- Onychomys pedroensis: USNM 10506, a mandible (Portion of a left lower jaw carrying the first and last cheek teeth)
- Onychomys fossilis:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas collections)
• Blancan of United States (4: Arizona, Kansas)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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