Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1902. A horned rodent from the Colorado Miocene ; with, A revision of the Mylagauli, beavers, and hares of the American Tertiary. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(22)
Parent taxon: Mylagaulinae according to J. J. M. Calede and J. X. Samuels 2020
See also Korth 2000, Korth 2013, Lu et al. 2016 and Matthew 1902
Sister taxa: Alphagaulus, Epigaulus, Galbreathia, Hesperogaulus, Mesogaulus, Mylagaulodon, Mylagaulus, Notogaulus, Pterogaulus, Simpligaulus, Tschalimys, Umbogaulus
Subtaxa: Ceratogaulus anecdotus Ceratogaulus cornutasagma Ceratogaulus minor Ceratogaulus rhinocerus Ceratogaulus robustus
Type: Ceratogaulus rhinocerus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Miocene of United States (20: Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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