Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontiidae
Full reference: S. S. B. Hopkins. 2019. Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of hypsodonty in the Aplodontiinae (Mammalia, Rodentia, Aplodontiidae), with the description of several new species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(4):e1668401
Belongs to Liodontia according to S. S. B. Hopkins 2019
Sister taxa: Liodontia alexandrae, Liodontia dailyi, Liodontia furlongi
Type specimen: UWBM 43863, a partial skull (a partial skull with R and L P4–M3, missing basicranium, anterior part of rostrum, and zygomatic arches). Its type locality is Spring Creek 1 (Level 1), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Deep River Formation of Montana.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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