Uriscus Wood 1962 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Reithroparamyidae

Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261

Parent taxon: Reithroparamyidae according to R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth 1996

See also Black 1971, Black and Sutton 1984, Korth 1994, McKenna and Bell 1997, Wood 1962 and Wood 1974

Sister taxon: Reithroparamys

Subtaxa: Uriscus californicus

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Type: Uriscus californicus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at San Diego Mission (CIT 249-S) (Eocene of California)

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