Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: J. H. Wahlert. 2009. Skull and dentition of Willeumys korthi, nov. gen. et sp., a cricetid rodent from the Oligocene (Orellan) of Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:434-450
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to J. H. Wahlert 2009
See also Korth et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baranomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumysops, Ganocricetodon, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Ischymomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Neofiber, Neotominae, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paratarsomys, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, Pliomys, Poamys, Primoprismus, Primus, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Sigmodontinae, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys, Notocricetodon
Subtaxa: Willeumys argosorus Willeumys korthi Willeumys viduus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (6: Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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