†Primisminthus yuenus Tong 1997 (jumping mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Full reference: Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256
Belongs to Primisminthus according to Y. Tong 1997
Sister taxa: Primisminthus jinus, Primisminthus shanghenus
Type specimen: IVPP V10296, a tooth. Its type locality is Shipigou, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hetaoyuan Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Shipigou
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