Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Alternative combination: Meniscomys petersonensis

Full reference: R. Nichols. 1976. Early Miocene mammals from the Lemhi Valley of Idaho. Tebiwa 18(2):9-47

Belongs to Niglarodon according to J. M. Rensberger 1983

See also Nichols 1976 and Rensberger 1981

Sister taxa: Niglarodon blacki, Niglarodon koerneri, Niglarodon loneyi, Niglarodon progressus, Niglarodon yeariani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Peterson Creek (Middle MV 7303), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Peterson Creek Beds Formation of Idaho

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Peterson Creek (Middle MV 7303)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.