Liodontia Miller and Gidley 1918 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to Miller and Gidley 1918

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys

Subtaxa: Liodontia alexandrae Liodontia furlongi

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Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (4: Nevada, Oregon collections)

• Miocene of United States (11: Nevada, Oregon, Utah)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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