Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1919. Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912. Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168
Belongs to Pareumys according to O. A. Peterson 1919
Sister taxa: Pareumys boskeyi, Pareumys grangeri, Pareumys guensburgi, Pareumys muffleri, Pareumys troxelli
Type specimen: C. M. No. 2938, a mandible (lower jaw fragment with M2 and M3 in position). Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California, Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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