Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontiidae
Full reference: C. C. Black. 1961. Rodents and lagomorphs from the Miocene Fort Logan and Deep River Formation of Montana. Postilla 48:1-20
Belongs to Niglarodon according to C. C. Black 1961
Sister taxa: Niglarodon blacki, Niglarodon brachyodon, Niglarodon loneyi, Niglarodon petersonensis, Niglarodon progressus, Niglarodon yeariani
Type specimen: YPM 14024, a mandible (right mandible with p4-m2, lacking the incisor, coronoid process, and angle). Its type locality is Fort Logan, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Montana.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (4: Montana collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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