Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Alternative combination: Jaywilsonomys pintoensis
Full reference: I. Ferrusquia and A. E. Wood. 1969. New Fossil Rodents from the Early Oligocene Rancho Gaitan Local Fauna, Early Chadronian, Northeastern Chihuahua, Mexico. Pearce-Sellards Series 16
Belongs to Pseudocylindrodon according to I. FerrusquÃa-Villafranca 1984
See also Ferrusquia and Wood 1969
Sister taxa: Pseudocylindrodon citofluminis, Pseudocylindrodon lateriviae, Pseudocylindrodon medius, Pseudocylindrodon neglectus, Pseudocylindrodon texanus, Pseudocylindrodon tobeyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rancho Gaitan, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Preitos Formation of Mexico
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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