Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Castorinae according to N. Rybczynski 2007
Sister taxa: Castor, Propalaeocastor, Sinocastor, Steneofiber
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Miocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (10: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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