Prosciurus ordosicus Wang 1987 (mountain beaver)

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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