Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Synonym: Protogaulus Riggs 1899
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78
Parent taxon: Meniscomyinae according to B. Wang 1987
See also Hay 1899, Hay 1902, McGrew 1941, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rensberger 1983 and Stock 1935
Sister taxon: Promeniscomys
Subtaxa: Meniscomys editus Meniscomys hippodus Meniscomys uhtoffi
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (7: California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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