Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Microtus pliocaenicus, Phaiomys pliocaenicus
Full reference: T. Kormos. 1932. Neue Wühlmause aus dem Oberpliozän von Püspökfürdo. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 69(B):323-346
Belongs to Allophaiomys according to C. J. Bell and G. S. Bever 2006
See also Albright et al. 2019, Fejfar and Repenning 1998, Kormos 1932, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin 1974, Martin 1975, Martin 1987, Repenning 1983, Repenning and Grady 1988 and Zakrzewski 1985
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), the Czech Republic (2), France (8), Greece (2), Hungary (4), Italy (8), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (7), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (5), Ukraine (4), United States (12: Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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