Early Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Eureka Sound Group of Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Dawson, Mary R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Eureka; Strathcona; Eureka Sound; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e01-010; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e01-010

Rodents are a minor element in the Early Eocene terrestrial fauna from the Eureka Sound Group of Ellesmere Island. Nevertheless, at least five taxa can be recognized, all members of the family Ischyromyidae. Two are paramyines, of which one is described as Paramys hunti, sp. nov. Three of the rodent...