Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Mimomys parvus, Pliomys parvus, Pliophenacomys parvus
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1933. A rodent fauna from later Cenozoic beds of southwestern Idaho. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 440(8):117-135
Belongs to Ophiomys according to R. A. Martin et al. 2002
See also Hibbard 1950, Hibbard 1959, Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1967, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Mou 1997, Repenning 1992, Repenning et al. 1995, Shotwell 1970 and Wilson 1933
Sister taxa: Mimomys dakotaensis, Mimomys davakosi, Mimomys occitanus, Mimomys panacaensis, Mimomys pliocaenicus, Mimomys virginianus, Cosomys primus, Ophiomys fricki, Ophiomys magilli, Ophiomys mcknighti, Ophiomys taylori, Cseria parkeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackass Butte (UO 2404), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Idaho
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (29: California, Idaho, Nebraska)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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