Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Mimomys meadensis, Ophiomys meadensis
Belongs to Pliophenacomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1956
See also Barnosky 1985, Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1967, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Martin et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Pliophenacomys dixonensis, Pliophenacomys finneyi, Pliophenacomys koenigswaldi, Pliophenacomys osborni, Pliophenacomys primaevus, Pliophenacomys wilsoni
Type specimen: UMMP 32019, a mandible (sin with m1, m2). Its type locality is Sanders (UM-K2-53), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Ballard Formation of Kansas.
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (10: Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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