Pauromys turnbulli Korth 2020 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2020. New material of fossil rodents (Mammalia) from the Eocene (Bridgerian-Uintan) Washakie Formation, southcentral Wyoming. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 133(1):18-34

Belongs to Pauromys according to W. W. Korth 2020

Sister taxa: Pauromys exallos, Pauromys lillegraveni, Pauromys perditus, Pauromys schaubi, Pauromys simplex, Pauromys texensis

Type specimen: FMNH PM 8027. Its type locality is Washakie B (Upper), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Washakie B (Upper)

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