†Liodontia Miller and Gidley 1918 (mountain beaver)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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