Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1955. The Jinglebob Interglacial (Sangamon?) Fauna from Kansas and its Climatic Significance. 12(10):179-228

Belongs to Oryzomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1955

See also Hibbard 1955 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Oryzomys albigularis, Oryzomys alfaroi, Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys anoblepas, Oryzomys balneator, Oryzomys barbacoas, Oryzomys chapmani, Oryzomys couesi, Oryzomys delticola, Oryzomys flavescens, Oryzomys fulvescens, Oryzomys hammondi, Oryzomys palustris, Oryzomys ratticeps, Oryzomys russatus, Oryzomys subflavus, Oryzomys sublineatus

Type specimen: 29271, a partial skull (Right mandible with incisor and m1-m3 (fig 6I), part of left mandible incisor and m1 (fig. 6J) and part of right maxillary with M1.). Its type locality is Jinglebob, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Kingsdown Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oryzomys fossilis in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.