†Reithroparamys debequensis Wood 1962 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Reithroparamyidae
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261
Belongs to Reithroparamys according to A. E. Wood 1962
Sister taxa: Reithroparamys delicatissimus, Reithroparamys huerfanensis, Reithroparamys sciuroides
Type specimen: Its type locality is Meniscotherium Hollow, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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