Predicrostonyx
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Predicrostonyx Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Genus: | Predicrostonyx Guthrie & Matthews, 1971[1]
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Species: | P. hopkinsi
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Predicrostonyx hopkinsi |
Predicrostonyx hopkinsi is an extinct rodent in the family Cricetidae, and is considered one of the earliest examples of collared lemmings.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.