Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Synonym: Paramys excavatus obliquidens Wood 1962
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 Paramys according to S. G. Strait et al. 2016
See also Korth 1984 and Wood 1962
Sister taxa: Paramys (Leptotomus), Paramys adamus, Paramys copei, Paramys delicatior, Paramys delicatus, Paramys dispar, Paramys excavatus, Paramys hunti, Paramys nini, Paramys obailensis, Paramys pourcyensis, Paramys pycnus, Paramys savagei, Paramys simpsoni, Paramys teilhardi, Paramys wyomingensis
Type specimens:
- Paramys taurus: MCZ 4463, a partial skeleton (associated lower jaws with fragments of the skeleton)
- Paramys excavatus obliquidens: AMNH 16970, a mandible (ower jaw with LP4-M3 and incisor).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (45: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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