Reithroparamys sciuroides Scott and Osborn 1887

Mammalia - Rodentia - Reithroparamyidae

Alternative combinations: Leptotomus sciuroides, Paramys sciuroides, Plesiarctomys sciuroides

Synonyms: Ischyrotomus gidleyi Peterson 1919, Reithroparamys gidleyi Peterson 1919

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264

Belongs to Reithroparamys according to R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth 1989

See also Hay 1902, Korth 1984, Matthew 1910, Peterson 1919, Scott and Osborn 1887 and Wood 1962

Sister taxa: Reithroparamys debequensis, Reithroparamys delicatissimus, Reithroparamys huerfanensis

Type specimens:

  • Reithroparamys sciuroides: Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah
  • Ischyrotomus gidleyi: C. M. No. 3461, a mandible (fragment of lower jaw with M1 and M2 in place, fragment of caudal). Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Distribution: found only at Kennedy's Hole

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