Mytonomys mytonensis Wood 1962 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Alternative combination: Leptotomus mytonensis

Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261

Belongs to Mytonomys according to W. W. Korth 1988

See also Wood 1962

Sister taxa: Mytonomys burkei, Mytonomys coelumensis, Mytonomys coloradensis, Mytonomys gaitania, Mytonomys robustus, Mytonomys wortmani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Northwest of Ouray, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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