Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1990. The Verde Local Fauna: Small vertebrate fossils from the Verde Formation, Arizona. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 37(3):1-39
Belongs to Perognathus according to N. J. Czaplewski 1990
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 stevei, Perognathus trojectioansrum
Type specimen: Its type locality is House Mountain (MNA 318), which is in a Blancan terrestrial mudstone in the Verde Formation of Arizona
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution: found only at House Mountain (MNA 318)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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