Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: A. R. Tedrow and W. W. Korth. 1997. New aplodontid rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) of Slim Buttes, South Dakota. Paludicola 1(2):80-90
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to A. R. Tedrow and W. W. Korth 1997
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: Leptoromys wilsoni
Type: Leptoromys wilsoni
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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