Omoiosicista

Name: Omoiosicista.
Phonetic: O-mo-e-o-si-sis-tah.
Named By: Yuri Kimura‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Rodentia,‭ ‬Dipodidae.
Species: O.‭ ‬fui‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Inner Mongolia.
Time period: Burdigalian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Omoiosicista is a genus of dipodid mammal that lived in Inner Mongolia during the Miocene.‭ ‬Dipodid mammals are today known as jumping mice because these rodents are capable of hopping and jumping while standing on just the hind feet.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New material of dipodid rodents‭ (‬Dipodidae,‭ ‬Rodentia‭) ‬from the early Miocene of Gashunyinadege,‭ ‬Nei Mongol,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭ (‬6‭)‬:‭ ‬1860‭ ‬-‭ ‬1873.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Yuri Kimura‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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