Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combinations: Balantiomys oregonensis, Diprionomys oregonensis
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1932. A Miocene Mammalian Fauna From South-Eastern Oregon. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 418(3):37-86
Belongs to Peridiomys according to A. E. Wood 1935
See also Gazin 1932 and Korth 1997
Sister taxa: Peridiomys borealis, Peridiomys halis, Peridiomys rusticus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Skull Spring, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Butte Creek Formation of Oregon
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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