Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1970. Notes on kangaroo rats from the Pliocene of southwestern Kansas, with the description of a new species. Journal of Paleontology 44(3):474-477
Belongs to Prodipodomys according to R. J. Zakrzewski 1970
Sister taxa: Prodipodomys centralis, Prodipodomys hibbardi, Prodipodomys idahoensis, Prodipodomys kansensis, Prodipodomys riversidensis, Prodipodomys tiheni, Prodipodomys timoteoensis
Type specimen: KU V45781, a mandible. Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution: found only at Saw Rock Canyon (Lower)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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