Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Eumys woodi
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Belongs to Paciculus according to Korth 1992
See also Macdonald 1963 and Martin 1980
Sister taxa: Paciculus cedrus, Paciculus insolitus, Paciculus montanus, Paciculus nebraskensis, Paciculus walshi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-542), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: South Dakota collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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