Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Alternative spelling: Paramys (Pseudotomus)
Synonyms: Ischyrotomus Matthew 1910, Paramys (Ischyrotomus) Matthew 1910
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3
Parent taxon: Manitshini according to R. H. Dunn and D. T. Rasmussen 2007
See also Cope 1881, Hay 1902, Korth 1985, Matthew 1910, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peterson 1919, Wilson 1940 and Wood 1962
Sister taxa: Manitsha, Plesiarctomys
Subtaxa: Pseudotomus californicus Pseudotomus eugenei Pseudotomus hians Pseudotomus horribilis Pseudotomus johanniculi Pseudotomus littoralis Pseudotomus petersoni Pseudotomus robustus Pseudotomus timmys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (32: California, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences
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