Niglarodon Black 1961 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Full reference: C. C. Black. 1961. Rodents and lagomorphs from the Miocene Fort Logan and Deep River Formation of Montana. Postilla 48:1-20

Parent taxon: Meniscomyinae according to W. W. Korth 2009

See also Black 1961 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Meniscomys, Promeniscomys, Rudiomys

Subtaxa: Niglarodon blacki Niglarodon brachyodon Niglarodon koerneri Niglarodon loneyi Niglarodon petersonensis Niglarodon progressus Niglarodon yeariani

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Type: Niglarodon koerneri

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (11: Idaho, Montana collections)

• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota)

Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences

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