†Sciurodon Schlosser 1884 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: Sciurodon cadurcensis
Type: Sciurodon cadurcensis
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (3 collections), Germany (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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