Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Alternative combinations: Gymnoptychus trilophus, Paradjidaumo trilophus
Synonyms: Adjidaumo minor Douglass 1902, Adjidaumo nasutus Cope 1873, Eumys minor Douglass 1902, Gymnoptychus liolophus Matthew 1903, Gymnoptychus minor Douglass 1902, Gymnoptychus nasutus Cope 1873, Paradjidaumo minor Douglass 1902, Paradjidaumo nasutus Cope 1873
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8
Belongs to Adjidaumo according to O. P. Hay 1899
See also Black 1965, Burke 1934, Cope 1873, Douglass 1902, Douglass 1903, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Korth 1980, Korth 2014, Matthew 1903, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, Wood 1937, Wood 1974 and Wood 1980
Sister taxa: Adjidaumo burkei, Adjidaumo craigi, Adjidaumo intermedius, Adjidaumo lophatus, Adjidaumo maximus, Adjidaumo minimus, Adjidaumo minutus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (13: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Utah)
• Eocene of United States (21: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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