Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum. 2011. A new aplodontoid rodent (Mammalia) from the early Oligocene (Orellan) of Montana and a suggested origin for the family Mylagaulidae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80(1):67-81
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum 2011
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: Brachygaulus leistneri Brachygaulus nicholsi Brachygaulus xerobothrus
Type: Brachygaulus nicholsi
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Montana, South Dakota collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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