Pseudotomus
Appearance
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| Pseudotomus Temporal range: | |
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| USNM V 17160, a skeleton of P. robustus (formerly Ischyrotomus oweni) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Sciuromorpha |
| Infraorder: | Protrogomorpha |
| Family: | †Ischyromyidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudotomus Cope, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudotomus hians Cope, 1872 | |
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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
[edit]- ↑ 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.