Knightomys reginensis Korth 1984 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae

Alternative combination: Microparamys reginensis

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1984. Earliest Tertiary evolution and radiation of rodents in North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 24:1-71

Belongs to Knightomys according to K. M. Flanagan 1986

See also Korth 1984

Sister taxa: Knightomys cremneus, Knightomys cuspidatus, Knightomys depressus, Knightomys huerfanensis, Knightomys minor, Knightomys senior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Almagre (CM 945), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: New Mexico, Utah collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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