Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Allophaiomys deceitensis, Microtus deceitensis
Full reference: R. D. Guthrie and J. V. Matthews, Jr. 1971. The Cape Deceit fauna—Early pleistocene mammalian assemblage from the Alaskan arctic. Quaternary Research 1(4):474-510
Belongs to Lasiopodomys according to C. J. Bell and G. S. Bever 2006
See also Bell and Barnosky 2000, Guthrie and Matthews 1971, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Repenning 1992, Repenning and Brouwers 1992, Repenning and Grady 1988 and Storer 2004
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Yukon collections), United States (6: Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, West Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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