Pareumys Peterson 1919 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

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

Parent taxon: Cylindrodontidae according to W. W. Korth 1994

See also Lofgren et al. 2020, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Peterson 1919

Sister taxa: Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cylindrodon, Dawsonomys, Gobiocylindrodon, Jaywilsonomys, Orientocylindrodon, Proardynomys, Pseudocylindrodon, Sespemys, Siouxlindrodon, Tuscahomys

Subtaxa: Pareumys boskeyi Pareumys grangeri Pareumys guensburgi Pareumys milleri Pareumys muffleri Pareumys troxelli

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Type: Pareumys milleri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)

• Eocene of United States (55: California, Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 56 collections including 57 occurrences

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