Mylagauloidea
Mylagauloidea is an extinct superfamily of rodents that lived from the Eocene to the Miocene epochs. These mammals are primarily known from fossils found in North America and Asia. Mylagauloids were characterized by their small to medium size, with many species resembling modern gophers or ground squirrels.
A distinguishing feature of many mylagauloids was the presence of a bony crest on their skull, which
The superfamily Mylagauloidea includes several families, most notably Mylagaulidae. Within Mylagaulidae, genera such as Mylagaulus and