Knightomys senior Gazin 1952 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae

Alternative combination: Tillomys senior

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1952. The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82

Belongs to Knightomys according to L. D. Ivy 1990

See also Gazin 1952, Gazin 1961, Gazin 1962 and Korth 1984

Sister taxa: Knightomys cremneus, Knightomys cuspidatus, Knightomys depressus, Knightomys huerfanensis, Knightomys minor, Knightomys reginensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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