Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Cotimus blacki, Eumys blacki
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Belongs to Leidymys according to L. D. Martin 1980
See also Clark et al. 1964 and Macdonald 1963
Sister taxa: Leidymys alicae, Leidymys azybaevi, Leidymys cerasus, Leidymys juxtaparvulus, Leidymys korthi, Leidymys lockingtonianus, Leidymys nematodon
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5362), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of United States (10: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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