†Prosciurus ordosicus Wang 1987 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: B. Wang. 1987. Discovery of Aplodontidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Middle Oligocene of Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(1):32-45
Belongs to Prosciurus according to B. Wang 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V7959, a tooth. Its type locality is Ulanmannei (IVPP Loc. 77046), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Wulanbulage Formation of China.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Ulanmannei (IVPP Loc. 77046)
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