†Thisbemys perditus Wood 1962 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Synonym: Leptotomus huerfanensis Wood 1962
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261
Belongs to Thisbemys according to A. E. Wood 1962
See also Korth 1984
Sister taxa: Thisbemys brevicrista, Thisbemys corrugatus, Thisbemys elachistos, Thisbemys medius, Thisbemys uintensis
Type specimens:
- Thisbemys perditus: Its type locality is Exposure SW of and About on Same Level as Nipple Hollow, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado
- Leptotomus huerfanensis:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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