†Ansomys descendens Dehm 1950 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Alternative combinations: Plesispermophilus descedens, Sciurodon descedens
Belongs to Ansomys according to S. B. Hopkins 2004
See also Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979
Sister taxa: Ansomys crucifer, Ansomys cyanotephrus, Ansomys hepburnensis, Ansomys nevadensis, Ansomys orientalis, Ansomys shantungensis, Ansomys shanwangensis
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Wintershof-West (Miocene of Germany)
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