†Liodontia alexandrae Furlong 1910 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Alternative combination: Aplodontia alexandrae
Belongs to Liodontia according to J. A. Shotwell 1968
See also Gazin 1932, Shotwell 1958 and Wilson 1937
Sister taxon: Liodontia furlongi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgin Valley, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Virgin Valley Formation of Nevada
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Nevada, Oregon collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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