Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Diprionomys rusticus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210
Belongs to Peridiomys according to W. W. Korth 1997
See also Hall 1930, Matthew 1924, Skinner et al. 1977 and Sutton and Korth 1995
Sister taxa: Peridiomys borealis, Peridiomys halis, Peridiomys oregonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Far Surface Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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