Proansomys badamae Maridet et al. 2017 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Full reference: O. Maridet, G. Daxner-Höck, P. López-Guerrero and U. B. Göhlich. 2017. The record of Aplodontidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Oligocene and Miocene of the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia) with some comments on the morphologic variability. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 97(1):25-49

Belongs to Proansomys according to O. Maridet et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Proansomys daxnerae, Proansomys dureensis

Type specimen: NHMW 2015/0374/ 0002, a mandible. Its type locality is Taatsiin Gol, right side, section TGR-C, layer 1, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Mongolia (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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