Trilaccogaulus ovatus Rensberger 1979 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

Alternative combination: Promylagaulus ovatus

Full reference: J. M. Rensberger. 1979. Early Miocene Promylagaulus. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 312:1-18

Belongs to Trilaccogaulus according to W. W. Korth 1992

See also Rensberger 1979

Sister taxa: Trilaccogaulus lemhiensis, Trilaccogaulus montanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monroe Creek (SDSM V-6229), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (3: South Dakota)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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