Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Alternative combinations: Mesogaulus vetus, Mylagaulus vetus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210
Belongs to Alphagaulus according to W. W. Korth 2013
See also Cook and Gregory 1941, Gawne 1975, Korth 2000, Matthew 1924, Munthe 1988 and Sutton and Korth 1995
Sister taxa: Alphagaulus douglassi, Alphagaulus pristinus, Alphagaulus tedfordi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (16: Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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