Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Full reference: M. R. Dawson and K. C. Beard. 2007. Rodents of the family Cylindrodontidae (Mammalia) from the earliest Eocene of the Tuscahoma Formation, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):135-144
Parent taxon: Cylindrodontidae according to S. G. Strait et al. 2016
See also Dawson and Beard 2007 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cylindrodon, Dawsonomys, Gobiocylindrodon, Jaywilsonomys, Orientocylindrodon, Pareumys, Proardynomys, Pseudocylindrodon, Sespemys, Siouxlindrodon
Subtaxa: Tuscahomys ctenodactylops Tuscahomys major Tuscahomys medius Tuscahomys minor Tuscahomys walshi Tuscahomys worlandensis
Type: Tuscahomys medius
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: Mississippi, Wyoming collections)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
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