Microparamys scopaiodon Korth 1984 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

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 Microparamys according to W. W. Korth 1984

Sister taxa: Microparamys bayi, Microparamys chandoni, Microparamys cheradius, Microparamys dubius, Microparamys hottingeri, Microparamys hunterae, Microparamys lingchaensis, Microparamys minutus, Microparamys nanus, Microparamys nimius, Microparamys paisi, Microparamys perfossus, Microparamys sambucus, Microparamys solidus, Microparamys solis, Microparamys tricus, Microparamys woodi

Type specimen: Its type locality is SC-192, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Microparamys scopaiodon in the database

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