Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to S. Peigné et al. 2014
See also Alroy 2002 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Ansomyinae, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: Plesispermophilus angustidens Plesispermophilus argoviensis Plesispermophilus ernii Plesispermophilus macrodon
Type: Plesispermophilus angustidens
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (7 collections), Germany (6), Switzerland (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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