Pseudotomus robustus Marsh 1872

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Alternative combinations: Ischyrotomus robustus, Paramys robustus

Synonym: Ischyrotomus oweni Wood 1962

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224

Belongs to Pseudotomus according to R. W. Wilson 1949

See also Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Korth 1985, Marsh 1872, Matthew 1909, Peterson 1919, Wilson 1940 and Wood 1962

Sister taxa: Pseudotomus californicus, Pseudotomus eugenei, Pseudotomus hians, Pseudotomus horribilis, Pseudotomus johanniculi, Pseudotomus littoralis, Pseudotomus petersoni, Pseudotomus timmys

Type specimens:

  • Pseudotomus robustus: Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
  • Ischyrotomus oweni: Its type locality is Twin Buttes (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (12: Wyoming collections)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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