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Lasiopodomys fossil map

Where fossils of Lasiopodomys have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Lasiopodomys
Image: Bogomolov.PL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived2.58–0.0117 million years ago (Gelasian to Late Pleistocene)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyCricetidae
Named byLataste 1887
Fossil records20 occurrences at 10 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States, Canada, Russia
Rock formationstxn:41724, Cape Deceit

About Lasiopodomys

Lasiopodomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:

Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii)

Mandarin vole (Lasiopodomys mandarinus)

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lasiopodomys (revision 1265454262), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q256953.

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