†Oligopetes Heissig 1979 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Pakistan (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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