Strathcona minor Dawson 2001 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson. 2001. Early Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Eureka Sound Group of Ellesmere Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38(7):1107-1116

Belongs to Strathcona according to M. R. Dawson 2001

Sister taxon: Strathcona major

Type specimen: CMN 32367, a tooth (?m1 sin.). Its type locality is Ellesmere Island (Lower), which is in a Wasatchian deltaic horizon in the Margaret Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ellesmere Island (Lower)

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