Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1940. Californian paramyid rodents. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 514(5):59-84
Parent taxon: Ischyromyidae according to D. Lofgren et al. 2020
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson 1940
Sister taxa: Acritoparamys, Ailuravinae, Apatosciuravus, Churcheria, Decticadapis, Hulgana, Ischyromyinae, Ischyromys, Leptotomus, Lophiparamys, Microparamyinae, Notoparamys, Paramyinae, Paramys, Pseudoparamyinae, Tapomys, Thisbemys
Subtaxa: Rapamys atramontis Rapamys fricki Rapamys wilsoni
Type: Rapamys fricki
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (10: California, Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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