Niglarodon yeariani Nichols 1976 (mountain beaver)

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

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