Pterogaulus Korth 2000 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280

Parent taxon: Mylagaulinae according to X. Lu et al. 2016

See also Korth 2000

Sister taxa: Alphagaulus, Ceratogaulus, Epigaulus, Galbreathia, Hesperogaulus, Mesogaulus, Mylagaulodon, Mylagaulus, Notogaulus, Simpligaulus, Tschalimys, Umbogaulus

Subtaxa: Pterogaulus barbarellae Pterogaulus laevis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (7: Saskatchewan collections), United States (10: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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