Pseudotomus

Pseudotomus; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	USNM V 17160, a skeleton of P. robustus (formerly Ischyrotomus oweni)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Sciuromorpha
Infraorder:	Protrogomorpha
Family:	†Ischyromyidae
Genus:	†Pseudotomus; Cope, 1872
Type species
	Pseudotomus hians; Cope, 1872
Species
	P. hians (type) Cope, 1872; P. californicus (Wilson, 1940); P. eugenei (Burke, 1935); P. horribilis (Wood, 1962); P. johanniculi (Wood, 1974); P. littoralis (Wilson, 1949); P. petersoni (Matthew, 1910); P. robustus (Marsh, 1872); P. timmys Storer, 1988;
Synonyms
	Ischyrotomus Matthew, 1910;

Pseudotomus is an extinct genus of ischyromyid rodent from Eocene North America. Pseudotomus was a large early rodent with habits similar to ground squirrels. It belongs to the tribe Manitshini and the subfamily Paramyinae.^[1]

"Ischyrotomus" is a junior synonym of Pseudotomus, with Ischyrotomus oweni as a synonym of Pseudotomus robustus in particular.^[2]

References

↑ Bertrand, Ornella C.; Amador-Mughal, Farrah; Lang, Madlen M.; Silcox, Mary T. (2019). "New Virtual Endocasts of Eocene Ischyromyidae and Their Relevance in Evaluating Neurological Changes Occurring Through Time in Rodentia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 26 (3): 345–371. doi:10.1007/s10914-017-9425-6. S2CID 254702826.
↑ Korth, William W. (1985). "The Rodents Pseudotomus and Quadratomus and the Content of the Tribe Manitshini (Paramyinae, Ischyromyidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (2): 139–152. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4523038.

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[Endocasts-1] Bertrand, Ornella C.; Amador-Mughal, Farrah; Lang, Madlen M.; Silcox, Mary T. (2019). "New Virtual Endocasts of Eocene Ischyromyidae and Their Relevance in Evaluating Neurological Changes Occurring Through Time in Rodentia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 26 (3): 345–371. doi:10.1007/s10914-017-9425-6. S2CID 254702826.

[2] Korth, William W. (1985). "The Rodents Pseudotomus and Quadratomus and the Content of the Tribe Manitshini (Paramyinae, Ischyromyidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (2): 139–152. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4523038.

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