Janimus rhinophilus Dawson 1966 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eutypomyidae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson. 1966. Additional late Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Uinta basin, Utah. Annals of Carnegie Museum 38(4):97-116

Belongs to Janimus according to M. R. Dawson 1966

Sister taxa: Janimus dawsonae, Janimus mirus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Myton Pocket

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