†Dawsonomys Gazin 1961 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1961. New Sciuravid rodents from the Lower Eocene Knight formation of western Wyoming. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74:193-194
Parent taxon: Cylindrodontidae according to C. L. Gazin 1961
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cylindrodon, Gobiocylindrodon, Jaywilsonomys, Orientocylindrodon, Pareumys, Proardynomys, Pseudocylindrodon, Sespemys, Siouxlindrodon, Tuscahomys
Subtaxa: Dawsonomys woodi
Type: Dawsonomys woodi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at La Barge (Eocene of Wyoming)
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