†Plesispermophilus argoviensis Stehlin and Schaub 1951 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Belongs to Plesispermophilus according to Stehlin and Schaub 1951
Sister taxa: Plesispermophilus angustidens, Plesispermophilus ernii, Plesispermophilus macrodon
Type specimen: UM 2890, a tooth
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Kuttingen (Oligocene of Switzerland)
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