Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Parent taxon: Ansomyinae according to S. Bi et al. 2013
See also Hopkins 2004, Kelly and Korth 2005, Korth 2007 and Korth et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Disallomys, Proansomys, Protansomys
Subtaxa: Ansomys crucifer Ansomys cyanotephrus Ansomys descendens Ansomys hepburnensis Ansomys nevadensis Ansomys orientalis Ansomys shantungensis Ansomys shanwangensis
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), United States (2: Montana, Nevada)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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