†Meniscomys uhtoffi Rensberger 1983 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: J. M. Rensberger. 1983. Successions of meniscomyine and allomyine rodents (Aplodontidae) in the Oligo-Miocene John Day Formation. Oregon. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 124:1-157
Belongs to Meniscomys according to J. M. Rensberger 1983
Sister taxa: Meniscomys editus, Meniscomys hippodus
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at John Day Units G, H, I, and J (Oligocene of Oregon)
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