Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280
Parent taxon: Mylagaulinae according to X. Lu et al. 2016
See also Korth 2000 and Korth 2013
Sister taxa: Ceratogaulus, Epigaulus, Galbreathia, Hesperogaulus, Mesogaulus, Mylagaulodon, Mylagaulus, Notogaulus, Pterogaulus, Simpligaulus, Tschalimys, Umbogaulus
Subtaxa: Alphagaulus douglassi Alphagaulus pristinus Alphagaulus tedfordi Alphagaulus vetus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (22: Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.