Mytonomys coelumensis Wilson and Stevens 1986 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Alternative combination: Leptotomus coelumensis

Full reference: J. A. Wilson and M. S. Stevens. 1986. Fossil vertebrates from the latest Eocene, Skyline channels, Trans-Pecos Texas. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:221-235

Belongs to Mytonomys according to Korth 1988

See also Wilson and Stevens 1986

Sister taxa: Mytonomys burkei, Mytonomys coloradensis, Mytonomys gaitania, Mytonomys mytonensis, Mytonomys robustus, Mytonomys wortmani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Skyline (TMM 41580), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Skyline (TMM 41580)

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