Ancient horned rodent creates museum excitement 50 years later

Remains of a mylagaulus horned rodent found this year in storage at Sam Noble museum could be a newly discovered species.

 
BY JAMES S. TYREE | Published: December 28, 2010   

NORMAN  Staff at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History are excited about the rediscovery of an ancient horned rodent that could turn out to be pure genus.

photo - Nick Czaplewski, Sam Noble museum curator, shows the cast of the skull of an ancient horned rodent. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Nick Czaplewski, Sam Noble museum curator, shows the cast of the skull of an ancient horned rodent. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Remains of a rodent from the mylagaulidae family had been kept in an unmarked plaster-and-burlap “jacket†for 50 years at a Sam Noble museum storage area. Jackets contain sections...
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