Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1934. A new species of Dipoides from the Pliocene of eastern Oregon. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(3):19-28

Belongs to Dipoides according to R. W. Wilson 1934

Sister taxa: Dipoides majori, Dipoides rexroadensis, Dipoides smithi, Dipoides stovalli, Dipoides tanneri, Dipoides vallicula, Dipoides williamsi, Dipoides wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rome, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Oregon

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (10: Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon collections)

• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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