Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: J. E. Martin. 1984. A Survey of Tertiary Species of Perognathus (Perognathinae) and a description of a new genus of Heteromyinae,. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 9:90-121
Belongs to Perognathus according to J. E. Martin 1984
Sister taxa: Perognathus ancenensis, Perognathus brevidens, Perognathus carpenteri, Perognathus coquorum, Perognathus dunklei, Perognathus flavescens, Perognathus flavus, Perognathus furlongi, Perognathus gidleyi, Perognathus henryredfieldi, Perognathus huastecensis, Perognathus inornatus, Perognathus longimembris, Perognathus maldei, Perognathus mclaughlini, Perognathus merriami, Perognathus minutus, Perognathus parvus, Perognathus pearlettensis, Perognathus rexroadensis, Perognathus saskatchewanensis, Perognathus strigipredus, Perognathus trojectioansrum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Westend Blowout, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial sandstone/tuff in the Alkali Canyon Formation of Oregon
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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