Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1903. The fauna of the Titanotherium Beds at Pipestone Springs, Montana. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(6):197-226
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to B.-Y. Wang 2008
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (3), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (3), United States (8: Montana, Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan), China (1), United States (12: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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