Copemys pisinnus Wilson 1968 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Tregomys pisinnus

Full reference: R. L. Wilson. 1968. Systematics and faunal analysis of a Lower Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from Trego County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22(7):75-126

Belongs to Copemys according to R. L. Wilson 1968

See also Dalquest et al. 1996

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

Type specimen: UMMP V55819, a mandible (mand. with m1-and m2). Its type locality is WaKeeny (UM-K6-59), which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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