†Oropyctis Korth 1989 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1989. Aplodontid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):400-414
Parent taxon: Prosciurinae according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Korth 1989 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Campestrallomys, Costepeiromys, Ephemeromys, Pelycomys, Pseudallomys
Subtaxa: Oropyctis pediasius
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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