Eutypomys Matthew 1905 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eutypomyidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1905. Notice of two new genera of mammals from the Oligocene of South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(3):21-26

Parent taxon: Eutypomyidae according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022

See also Johnson 1966, Korth 2014, Lambe 1908, Matthew 1905 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Allotypomys, Janimus, Microeutypomys

Subtaxa: Eutypomys acares Eutypomys hibernodus Eutypomys inexpectatus Eutypomys montanensis Eutypomys obliquidens Eutypomys parvus Eutypomys thomsoni Eutypomys wilsoni

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Type: Eutypomys thomsoni

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (2: Mississippi, Montana collections)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (11: Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (12: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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