Pseudocylindrodon Burke 1935 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Full reference: J. J. Burke. 1935. Pseudocylindrodon, a new rodent genus from the Pipestone Springs, Oligocene of Montana. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 25(33859):1-4

Parent taxon: Cylindrodontinae according to W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum 2016

See also Burke 1935 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cylindrodon, Dawsonomys, Dolocylindrodon, Gobiocylindrodon, Jaywilsonomys, Lophicylindrodon, Orientocylindrodon, Pareumys, Presbymys, Proardynomys, Sespemys, Siouxlindrodon, Tuscahomys

Subtaxa: Pseudocylindrodon citofluminis Pseudocylindrodon lateriviae Pseudocylindrodon neglectus

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Type: Pseudocylindrodon neglectus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana collection)

• Eocene of Canada (8: British Columbia, Saskatchewan), China (1), United States (21: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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