†Tardontia nevadans Shotwell 1958 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1958. Evolution and Biogeography of the Aplodontid and Mylagaulid Rodents. Evolution 12
Belongs to Tardontia according to J. A. Shotwell 1958
Sister taxon: Tardontia occidentale
Type specimen: Its type locality is Stewart Spring, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Stewart Spring
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