Apletotomeus incohatus Reeder 1960 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae

Alternative combinations: Akmaiomys incohatus, Proheteromys incohatus

Full reference: W. G. Reeder. 1960. Two New Rodent Genera from the Oligocene White River Formation (FAMILY HETEROMYIDAE). Fieldiana Geology 10(35)

Belongs to Apletotomeus according to W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007

See also Black 1965, Gawne 1976, Korth 1994, Reeder 1960 and Wood 1980

Sister taxon: Apletotomeus crassus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cedar Creek (Lower), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cedar Creek (Lower)

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