†Niglarodon blacki Rensberger 1981 (mountain beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Full reference: J. M. Rensberger. 1981. Evolution in a Late Oligocene-Early Miocene Succession of Meniscomyine Rodents in the Deep River Formation, Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(2):185-209
Belongs to Niglarodon according to J. M. Rensberger 1981
Sister taxa: Niglarodon koerneri, Niglarodon loneyi, Niglarodon petersonensis, Niglarodon progressus, Niglarodon yeariani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Creek 1 (Level 1), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Deep River Formation of Montana
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Spring Creek 1 (Level 1)
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