Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Full reference: S. L. Walsh. 1997. New specimens of Metanoiamys, Pauromys, and Simimys (Rodentia: Myomorpha) from the Uintan (middle Eocene) of San Diego County, California, and comments on the relationships of selected Paleogene Myomorpha. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 32:1-20
Belongs to Pauromys according to M. R. Dawson and K. N. Constenius 2018
See also Walsh 1997
Sister taxa: Pauromys exallos, Pauromys perditus, Pauromys schaubi, Pauromys simplex, Pauromys texensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Murray Canyon, which is in an Uintan terrestrial conglomerate in the Stadium Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Murray Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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