Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Alternative combination: Meniscomys yeariani
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 petersonensis, Niglarodon progressus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Peterson Creek (Lower MV 7303), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Peterson Creek Beds Formation of Idaho
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Idaho collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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