Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Alternative combinations: Paramys hians, Plesiarctomys hians
Synonyms: Ischyrotomus superbus Osborn et al. 1878, Paramys superbus Osborn et al. 1878, Pseudotomus superbus Osborn et al. 1878
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3
Belongs to Pseudotomus according to R. H. Dunn and D. T. Rasmussen 2007
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1872, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Korth 1985, Osborn et al. 1878, Wilson 1940 and Wood 1962
Sister taxa: Pseudotomus californicus, Pseudotomus eugenei, Pseudotomus horribilis, Pseudotomus johanniculi, Pseudotomus littoralis, Pseudotomus petersoni, Pseudotomus robustus, Pseudotomus timmys
Type specimens:
- Pseudotomus hians: AMNH 5025, a skull. Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Paramys superbus:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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