Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parent taxon: Dipodidae according to H. de Bruijn et al. 2003
See also Calede et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Allactaga, Allosminthus, Bohlinosminthus, Brachyscirtetes, Dipus, Jaculus, Litodonomys, Lophocricetinae, Lophocricetus, Onjosminthus, Paralactaga, Parasminthus, Proalactaga, Protalactaga, Pygeretmus, Salpingotus, Sinosminthus, Sinozapus, Sminthoides, Stylodipus
Subtaxa: Heosminthus borrae Heosminthus chimidae Heosminthus minutus Heosminthus nomogenesis Heosminthus primiveris Heosminthus teredens Heosminthus verus
Type: Heosminthus primiveris
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (5 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mongolia (1)
• Oligocene of China (3), Mongolia (51), Serbia and Montenegro (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Turkey (1)
• Eocene of China (1), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 68 collections including 109 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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