Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Alternative combination: Ischyrotomus compressidens
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
Belongs to Paramys according to Korth 1988
See also Gidley 1919, Korth 1985, Peterson 1919, Wilson 1940 and Wood 1962
Sister taxa: Paramys adamus, Paramys copei, Paramys delicatior, Paramys delicatus, Paramys dispar, Paramys excavatus, Paramys hunti, Paramys leptodus, Paramys nini, Paramys obailensis, Paramys pourcyensis, Paramys pycnus, Paramys savagei, Paramys simpsoni, Paramys taurus, Paramys wyomingensis
Type specimen: C. M. No. 2920, a mandible (lower jaw with cheek-teeth). Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: California, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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