Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonyms: Coloradoeumys galbreathi Martin 1980, Cricetodon nebraskensis Wood 1937, Eumys obliquidens Wood 1937, Eumys pristinus Russell 1972
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1856. Notice of remains of extinct Mammalia, discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:88-90
Belongs to Eumys according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Hay 1902, Korth 2011, Leidy 1856, Leidy 1857, Lofgren et al. 2020, Martin 1980, Russell 1972, Setoguchi 1978, Storer 1994, Storer 1995, Storer 1996 and Wood 1937
Sister taxa: Eumys brachyodus, Eumys cricetodontoides, Eumys eliensis, Eumys euryodus, Eumys parvidens
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (21: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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