Dawsonomys Gazin 1961 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

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: Cylindrodontidae according to C. L. Gazin 1961

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cylindrodon, Gobiocylindrodon, Jaywilsonomys, Orientocylindrodon, Pareumys, Proardynomys, Pseudocylindrodon, Sespemys, Siouxlindrodon, Tuscahomys

Subtaxa: Dawsonomys woodi

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Type: Dawsonomys woodi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Barge (Eocene of Wyoming)

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