Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Subfamily Neotominae
Genus Neotoma
According to Kurtén and Anderson (1980), this may be ancestral to the living subgenus Hodomys. Hodomys is characterized by the lower third molar wearing to form an S-shaped occlusal pattern.
Sites.
Late Blancan: 111 Ranch (Morgan and White 2005).
Literature. Kurtén and Anderson 1980; Morgan and White 2005.
Last Update: 13 Jul 2014