†Ephemeromys hospes Wang and Heissig 1984 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: B.-Y. Wang and K. Heissig. 1984. Ephemeromys nov. gen., a primitive prosciurine rodent from the Oligocene of Southern Germany. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 24:105-119
Belongs to Ephemeromys according to B.-Y. Wang and K. Heissig 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSP 1972 XI 211, a maxilla. Its type locality is Möhren 13, which is in a MP 22 fissure fill horizon in Germany.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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