Galbreathia novellus Matthew 1924 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

Alternative combinations: Mesogaulus novellus, Mylagaulus novellus, Promylagaulus novellus

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210

Belongs to Galbreathia according to W. W. Korth 2000

See also Cook and Gregory 1941, Korth 1999, Matthew 1924, Munthe 1988 and Wahlert 1974

Sister taxon: Galbreathia bettae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (11: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: South Dakota)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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