New material of Lophiparamys debequensis from the Willwood Formation (early Eocene) of Wyoming, including the first postcrania of the genus
Shawn P. Zack,
Tonya A. Penkrot
Abstract:We report new material of the rare early Eocene rodent Lophiparamys debequensis Wood, 1962 from the Willwood Formation of the southern Bighorn Basin, north-central Wyoming. The new material constitutes the first record of L. debequensis from the Bighorn Basin and documents aspects of the anatomy of Lophiparamys that were previously unknown, including a portion of the maxilla and a portion of the tarsus. The maxillary fragment demonstrates that Lophiparamys has a small P3 and a relatively large infraorbital can… Show more
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