Synaptomys bunkeri Hibbard 1939 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1939. A new Synaptomys from the Pleistocene. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 26(8):367-371

Belongs to Synaptomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1939

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Synaptomys (Metaxyomys), Synaptomys (Synaptomys), Synaptomys australis, Synaptomys cooperi, Synaptomys morgani

Type specimen: KUMVP 4610, a mandible (right lower jaw, bearing m1 and m2)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Nye Sink (Quaternary of Oklahoma)

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