Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontiidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256
Parent taxon: Allomyinae according to W. W. Korth 2009
See also Hay 1902, McGrew 1941, McKenna and Bell 1997, Merriam and Sinclair 1907, Rensberger 1983 and Stock 1935
Sister taxa: Alwoodia, Parallomys
Subtaxa: Allomys cavatus Allomys cristabrevis Allomys nitens Allomys reticulatus Allomys simplicidens Allomys stirtoni Allomys tessellatus
Type: Allomys nitens
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (4: Oregon, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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