Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: E. H. Lindsay and L. L. Jacobs. 1985. Pliocene small mammal fossils from Chihuahua, Mexico. Paleontologia Mexicana 51:1-53
Belongs to Prosigmodon according to O. Carranza-Castañeda and A. H. Walton 1992
See also Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
Sister taxa: Prosigmodon ferrusquiai, Prosigmodon holocuspis, Prosigmodon oroscoi, Prosigmodon tecolotum
Type specimen: IGCU 1238, a mandible (left dentary fragment with M1-2). Its type locality is Concha (CH-17), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (2 collections)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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