Yuneomys pusillus Qiu 2006 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Alternative combination: Leptodontomys pusillus

Full reference: Z. Qiu. 2006. Eomyids (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Late Miocene Lufeng and Yuanmou hominoid localities, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44(4):307-319

Belongs to Yuneomys according to Z. Qiu 2017

See also Qiu 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: V 14732, a tooth (Right M1/2). Its type locality is Shihuiba, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Shihuiba Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shihuiba

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