†Disallomys storeri Tedrow and Korth 1997 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Alternative combination: Allomys storeri
Full reference: A. R. Tedrow and W. W. Korth. 1997. New aplodontid rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) of Slim Buttes, South Dakota. Paludicola 1(2):80-90
Belongs to Disallomys according to W. W. Korth 2009
See also Tedrow and Korth 1997
Sister taxa: Disallomys intermedius, Disallomys robustus
Type specimen: UCMP 82832, a maxilla (left P3-M3). Its type locality is Slim Buttes Brule F, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Slim Buttes Brule F
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