†Cyclomylus Matthew and Granger 1923 (mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. New Bathyergidae from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 101:1-5

Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to W. D. Matthew and W. Granger 1923

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Bathyergoides, Bathyergus, Cryptomys, Geofossor, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae

Subtaxa: Cyclomylus biforatus Cyclomylus intermedius Cyclomylus lohensis

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Type: Cyclomylus lohensis

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (7 collections), Mongolia (30)

Total: 37 collections including 55 occurrences

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