Hesperogaulus gazini Korth 1999 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1999. Hesperogaulus, a new genus of mylagaulid rodent (Mammalia) from the Miocene (Barstovian to Hemphillian) of the Great Basin. Journal of Paleontology 73(5):945-951

Belongs to Hesperogaulus according to W. W. Korth 1999

Sister taxon: Hesperogaulus wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Skull Spring, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Butte Creek Formation of Oregon

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (5: Oregon collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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