Liodontia alexandrae Furlong 1910 (mountain beaver)

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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