Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1941. Mammals of the Rexroad Fauna From the Upper Pliocene of Southwestern Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 44
Belongs to Onychomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1941
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Onychomys bensoni, Onychomys hollisteri, Onychomys jinglebobensis, Onychomys larrabeei, Onychomys leucogaster, Onychomys martini, Onychomys pedroensis, Onychomys torridus
Type specimen: KUMVP 4670, a mandible (sin with i1, m1-m3). Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (7: California, Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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