Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Full reference: G. Daxner-Höck and W. Wu. 2003. Plesiosminthus (Zapodidae, Mammalia) from China and Mongolia: migrations to Europe. Deinsea 10:127-151
Belongs to Plesiosminthus according to G. Daxner-Höck and W. Wu 2003
Sister taxa: Plesiosminthus admyarion, Plesiosminthus barsboldi, Plesiosminthus bavaricus, Plesiosminthus conjunctus, Plesiosminthus fremdi, Plesiosminthus huangshuiensis, Plesiosminthus margaritae, Plesiosminthus meridionalis, Plesiosminthus moniqueae, Plesiosminthus moralesi, Plesiosminthus myarion, Plesiosminthus olzi, Plesiosminthus promyarion, Plesiosminthus schaubi, Plesiosminthus tereskentensis, Plesiosminthus winistoerferi, Plesiosminthus xiningensis
Type specimen: IVPP V12724.6, a tooth. Its type locality is Tieersihabahe section (XJ 98035), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Tieersihabahe Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (2 collections), Mongolia (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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