Ceratogaulus minor Hibbard and Phillis 1945 (rodent)

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

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