Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Alternative combination: Paramys medius
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 Thisbemys according to A. E. Wood 1962
See also Peterson 1919
Sister taxa: Thisbemys brevicrista, Thisbemys corrugatus, Thisbemys elachistos, Thisbemys perditus, Thisbemys uintensis
Type specimen: C. M. No. 3048, a partial skull (fragment of maxillary with three teeth and fragment of lower jaw). 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 (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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