†Microtheriomys brevirhinus Korth and Samuels 2015 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and J. X. Samuels. 2015. New rodent material from the John Day Formation (Arikareean, Middle Oligocene to Early Miocene) of Oregon. Annals of Carnegie Museum 83(1):19-84
Belongs to Microtheriomys according to W. W. Korth and J. X. Samuels 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: JODA 16037, a partial skull. Its type locality is JDNM-8 Sheep Rock, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial claystone in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at JDNM-8 Sheep Rock
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