†Disallomys robustus Korth 2009 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2009. Mammals from the Blue Ash Local Fauna (Late Oligocene), South Dakota. Rodentia, Part 4: family Aplodontidae. Paludicola 4(3):89-106
Belongs to Disallomys according to W. W. Korth 2009
Sister taxa: Disallomys intermedius, Disallomys storeri
Type specimen: CM 54062, a tooth (right M1 or M2). Its type locality is Blue Ash Local Fauna, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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