Miosicista angulus, a New Sicistine Rodent (Zapodidae, Rodentia) from the Barstovian (Miocene) of Nebraska

Authors

William W. Korth, Rochester Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology

Date of this Version

1993

Comments

1993. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, XX: 97-101. Copyright © 1993 Korth.

Abstract

A new genus and species of sicistine zapodid, Miosicista angulus from the Barstovian of Nebraska is described. This increases the known diversity of the family in the Miocene of North America. Miosicista does not appear to be ancestral to any later zapodids.