Pauromys schaubi Wood 1959 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae

Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1959. A new sciuravid rodent of the genus Pauromys from the Eocene of Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 1978

Belongs to Pauromys according to A. E. Wood 1959

Sister taxa: Pauromys exallos, Pauromys lillegraveni, Pauromys perditus, Pauromys simplex, Pauromys texensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Twin Buttes (Upper Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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