Mictomys vetus Wilson 1933

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Synaptomys vetus

Synonyms: Mictomys anzaensis Zakrzewski 1972, Mictomys landesi Hibbard 1954, Synaptomys anzaensis Zakrzewski 1972, Synaptomys landesi Hibbard 1954

Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1933. A rodent fauna from later Cenozoic beds of southwestern Idaho. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 440(8):117-135

Belongs to Mictomys according to O. Fejfar and C. A. Repenning 1998

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin and Schultz 1985, Repenning 1992, Repenning et al. 1995, Wilson 1933 and Zakrzewski 1972

Sister taxa: Mictomys kansasensis, Mictomys meltoni, Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis

Type specimens:

  • Mictomys vetus: Its type locality is Jackass Butte (USGS 20764), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Idaho
  • Synaptomys anzaensis:
  • Synaptomys landesi: Its type locality is Borchers, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial siltstone in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas.

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: California, Colorado, Kansas collections)

• Blancan of United States (22: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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