Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1934. Two Rodents and a Lagomorph from the Sespe of the Las Posas Hills, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(2):11-17
Parent taxon: Cylindrodontidae according to R. W. Wilson 1934
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cylindrodon, Dawsonomys, Gobiocylindrodon, Jaywilsonomys, Orientocylindrodon, Pareumys, Proardynomys, Pseudocylindrodon, Siouxlindrodon, Tuscahomys
Subtaxa: Sespemys thurstoni
Type: Sespemys thurstoni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, Montana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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