Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Synonym: Etadonomys Hibbard 1943
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1939. Notes on Additional Fauna of Edson Quarry of the Middle Pliocene of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 42:457-462
Parent taxon: Heteromyidae according to Hibbard 1939
See also Korth 1997, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Zakrzewski 1981
Sister taxa: Aurimys, Balantiomys, Chaetodipus, Cupidinimus, Dikkomys, Dipodomyinae, Dipodomys, Diprionomys, Eodipodomys, Harrymyinae, Harrymys, Heteromyinae, Lignimus, Liomys, Mioheteromys, Mookomys, Oregonomys, Peridiomys, Perodipus, Perognathinae, Perognathus, Proheteromys, Schizodontomys, Stratimus, Trogomys
Subtaxa: Prodipodomys centralis Prodipodomys griggsorum Prodipodomys hibbardi Prodipodomys idahoensis Prodipodomys kansensis Prodipodomys riversidensis Prodipodomys tiheni Prodipodomys timoteoensis
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: California, Kansas, South Dakota collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (34: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (6: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences
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