Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Full reference: C.-k. Li and Z.-d. Qiu. 1980. Early Miocene mammalian fossils of Xining Basin, Qinghai. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 18(3):198-214

Belongs to Plesiosminthus according to C.-k. Li and Z.-d. Qiu 1980

Sister taxa: Plesiosminthus clivosus, Plesiosminthus lajeensis, Plesiosminthus myarion, Plesiosminthus schaubi, Plesiosminthus xiningensis

Type specimen: IVPP V.5997

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore