Copemys esmeraldensis Clark et al. 1964 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Peromyscus esmeraldensis

Full reference: J. B. Clark, M. R. Dawson, and A. E. Wood. 1964. Fossil mammals from the lower Pliocene of Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131(2)

Belongs to Copemys according to E. H. Lindsay 1972

See also Clark et al. 1964 and Shotwell 1967

Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys loxodon, Copemys pagei, Copemys pisinnus, Copemys russelli, Copemys shotwelli, Copemys tenuis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (4: California, Oregon collections)

• Miocene of United States (6: California, Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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