Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Alternative combinations: Mesogaulus novellus, Mylagaulus novellus, Promylagaulus novellus
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 Galbreathia according to W. W. Korth 2000
See also Cook and Gregory 1941, Korth 1999, Matthew 1924, Munthe 1988 and Wahlert 1974
Sister taxon: Galbreathia bettae
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 (11: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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