†Monosaulax minutus von Meyer 1838 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Alternative combination: Chalicomys minutus
Belongs to Monosaulax according to R. W. Wilson 1960
Sister taxa: Monosaulax curtus, Monosaulax pansus, Monosaulax progressus, Monosaulax skinneri, Monosaulax tedi, Monosaulax typicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wood Locality, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Wagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (3 collections), Hungary (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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