Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1922. Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131:119-131
Belongs to Neotoma according to J. W. Gidley 1922
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Neotoma (Paraneotoma), Neotoma albigula, Neotoma amplidonta, Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma findleyi, Neotoma floridana, Neotoma fuscipes, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma leucodon, Neotoma leucopetrica, Neotoma mexicana, Neotoma micropus, Neotoma minutus, Neotoma ozarkensis, Neotoma prefuscipes, Neotoma prelepida, Neotoma pygmaea, Neotoma quadriplicata, Neotoma spelaea, Neotoma stephensi, Neotoma taylori, Neotoma vaughani
Type specimen: USNM 10524, a partial skull (Portion of a right maxillary carrying the anterior cheek tooth and the alveoli for middle cheek tooth)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (16: Arizona, California, Texas, Washington collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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