Ischyromys blacki Wood 1974 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1974. Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group Trans-Pecos Texas: Rodentia. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 21:1-112

Belongs to Ischyromys according to T. H. Heaton 1996

See also Wood 1974

Sister taxa: Ischyromys brevidens, Ischyromys douglassi, Ischyromys junctus, Ischyromys parvidens, Ischyromys typus, Ischyromys typus nanus, Ischyromys veterior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Adobe Springs (TMM 41216), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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