Altasciurus Korth and Tabrum 2017 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum. 2017. A unique rodent fauna from the Whitneyan (Middle Oligocene) of southwestern Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum 84(4):319-340

Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum 2017

See also Korth et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys

Subtaxa: Altasciurus albiclivus Altasciurus clausulus Altasciurus relictus

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Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (27: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences

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