Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1974. Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group Trans-Pecos Texas: Rodentia. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 21:1-112
Belongs to Ischyromys according to T. H. Heaton 1996
See also Wood 1974
Sister taxa: Ischyromys brevidens, Ischyromys douglassi, Ischyromys junctus, Ischyromys parvidens, Ischyromys typus, Ischyromys typus nanus, Ischyromys veterior
Type specimen: Its type locality is Adobe Springs (TMM 41216), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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