†Brachygaulus nicholsi Korth and Tabrum 2011 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum. 2011. A new aplodontoid rodent (Mammalia) from the early Oligocene (Orellan) of Montana and a suggested origin for the family Mylagaulidae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80(1):67-81
Belongs to Brachygaulus according to W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum 2011
Sister taxa: Brachygaulus leistneri, Brachygaulus xerobothrus
Type specimen: UMVC 9765, a mandible. Its type locality is Cook Ranch, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Sage Creek Formation of Montana.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cook Ranch
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