Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Full reference: K. D. Rose, A. E. Chew, R. H. Dunn, M. J. Kraus, H. C. Fricke and S. P. Zack. 2012. Earliest Eocene mammalian fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sand Creek Divide, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 36:1-122
Belongs to Tuscahomys according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Tuscahomys ctenodactylops, Tuscahomys major, Tuscahomys medius, Tuscahomys minor, Tuscahomys walshi
Type specimen: USNM 527651, a maxilla (L maxilla with P4-M1)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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