Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1922. Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131:119-131
Belongs to Sigmodon according to J. W. Gidley 1922
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Sigmodon alstoni, Sigmodon bakeri, Sigmodon chonensis, Sigmodon hispidus, Sigmodon hudspethensis, Sigmodon libitinus, Sigmodon lindsayi, Sigmodon minor, Sigmodon ochrognathus
Type specimen: USNM 10510, a mandible
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Texas collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (4: Arizona, Colorado)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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