†subfamily Ansomyinae Qiu 1987 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to S. Bi et al. 2013

See also Kelly and Korth 2005, Korth 2014 and Korth et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys

Subtaxa: Ansomys Disallomys Proansomys Protansomys

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Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (3 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), United States (2: Montana, Nevada)

• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)

• Oligocene of China (6), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (9), United States (2: Montana, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences

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