Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1961. New Sciuravid rodents from the Lower Eocene Knight formation of western Wyoming. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74:193-194
Parent taxon: Sciuravidae according to S. G. Strait et al. 2016
See also Gazin 1961 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Guanajuatomys, Pauromys, Prolapsus, Sciuravus, Taxymys, Tillomys
Subtaxa: Knightomys cremneus Knightomys cuspidatus Knightomys depressus Knightomys huerfanensis Knightomys minor Knightomys reginensis Knightomys senior
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (65: California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 65 collections including 80 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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