Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1939. Notes on Additional Fauna of Edson Quarry of the Middle Pliocene of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 42:457-462
Belongs to Perognathus according to Hibbard 1939
Sister taxa: Perognathus ancenensis, Perognathus brevidens, Perognathus carpenteri, Perognathus coquorum, Perognathus flavescens, Perognathus flavus, Perognathus furlongi, Perognathus gidleyi, Perognathus henryredfieldi, Perognathus huastecensis, Perognathus inornatus, Perognathus longimembris, Perognathus maldei, Perognathus mclaughlini, Perognathus merriami, Perognathus minutus, Perognathus parvus, Perognathus pearlettensis, Perognathus rexroadensis, Perognathus saskatchewanensis, Perognathus stevei, Perognathus strigipredus, Perognathus trojectioansrum
Type specimen: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, No. 6203, a mandible. Its type locality is Edson, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution: found only at Edson
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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