Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
type locality is 18031
Alternative combination: Phelosaccomys annae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1987. New Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Barstovian (Miocene) Valentine Formation, Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 61(5):1058-1064
Belongs to Parapliosaccomys according to W. W. Korth 1987
See also Korth and Chaney 1999, Korth and Reynolds 1994 and Sutton and Korth 1995
Sister taxa: Parapliosaccomys hibbardi, Parapliosaccomys oregonensis, Parapliosaccomys transversus, Parapliosaccomys wittei
Type specimen: UNSM 56377, a mandible (left mandible with p4-m3)
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: Montana, Nebraska collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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