Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Alternative combination: Epigaulus minor
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and L. F. Phillis. 1945. The Occurrence of Eucastor and Epigaulus in the Lower Pliocene of Trego County, Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30(16):549-555
Belongs to Ceratogaulus according to W. W. Korth 2000
See also Hibbard and Phillis 1945
Sister taxa: Ceratogaulus anecdotus, Ceratogaulus cornutasagma, Ceratogaulus hatcheri, Ceratogaulus rhinocerus, Ceratogaulus robustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is WaKeeny (KU Locality 29), which is in a Clarendonian floodplain siltstone in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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