Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: S. B. Hopkins. 2004. Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Ansomys Qiu, 1987 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Aplodontidae) and description of a new species from the Barstovian (mid-Miocene) of Montana. Journal of Paleontology 78(4):731-740
Belongs to Ansomys according to S. B. Hopkins 2004
Sister taxa: Ansomys crucifer, Ansomys cyanotephrus, Ansomys descendens, Ansomys nevadensis, Ansomys orientalis, Ansomys shantungensis, Ansomys shanwangensis
Type specimen: CM 64461, a mandible (partial right dentary with P4-M3). Its type locality is Chalk Cliffs South, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Hepburn's Mesa Formation of Montana.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Chalk Cliffs South
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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