Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120
Parent taxon: Prosciurinae according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Galbreath 1953, Johnson 1966 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Campestrallomys, Costepeiromys, Ephemeromys, Oropyctis, Pseudallomys
Subtaxa: Pelycomys brulanus Pelycomys placidus Pelycomys rugosus
Type: Pelycomys rugosus
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (7: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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