Quercomys daamsi Alvarez Sierra et al. 1991 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Alternative combination: Armantomys daamsi

Full reference: M. A. Alvarez Sierra, R. Daams, J. I. Lacomba, N. Lopez Martinez, A. J. Van Der Meulen, C. Sese, and J. De Visser. 1991. Palaeontology and biostratigraphy (micromammals) of the continental Oligocene-Miocene deposits of the North-Central Ebro Basin (Huesca, Spain). Scripta Geologica 94:1-77

Belongs to Quercomys according to M. A. Alvarez Sierra et al. 1991

See also Daams and de Bruijn 1995

Sister taxa: Armantomys aragonensis, Armantomys jasperi, Armantomys parsani, Armantomys tricristatus, Quercomys bijniai

Type specimen: CUM SJ 193 M1 sup. dext, a tooth. Its type locality is San Juan, which is in a MN 2 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at San Juan

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