Paracitellus Dehm 1950 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to J. Werner 1994

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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