†Pliotomodon primitivus Hoffmeister 1945 (mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: D. F. Hoffmeister. 1945. Cricetine Rodents of the Middle Pliocene of the Mulholland Fauna, California. Journal of Mammalogy 26:186-191
Belongs to Pliotomodon according to D. F. Hoffmeister 1945
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP V-3611, Mulholland Site 2, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Garrity Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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