Pelycomys Galbreath 1953 (mountain beaver)

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

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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

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