†Pseudallomys Korth 1992 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1992. A new genus of prosciurine rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Aplodontidae) from the Oligocene (Orellan) of Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61(3):171-175
Parent taxon: Prosciurinae according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Hopkins 2004 and Korth 1992
Sister taxa: Campestrallomys, Costepeiromys, Ephemeromys, Oropyctis, Pelycomys
Subtaxa: Pseudallomys nexodens
Type: Pseudallomys nexodens
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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