Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Alternative combination: Paramys nitidus
Synonyms: Colonomys celer Marsh 1872, Colonymys celer Marsh 1872
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West. American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127
Belongs to Sciuravus according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Hay 1902, Marsh 1871, Marsh 1872, Matthew 1910, Troxell 1923 and Wilson 1938
Sister taxa: Sciuravus altidens, Sciuravus bridgeri, Sciuravus eucristadens, Sciuravus inclinatus, Sciuravus metalinguas, Sciuravus nexus, Sciuravus popi, Sciuravus powayensis, Sciuravus rarus, Sciuravus undans, Sciuravus wilsoni
Type specimens:
- Sciuravus nitidus: Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
- Colonomys celer:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (69: Wyoming collections)
Total: 69 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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