Dipoides williamsi Stirton 1936 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: R.A. Stirton. 1936. A new beaver from the Pliocene of Arizona with notes on the species of Dipoides. Journal of Mammalogy 17(3):279-281

Belongs to Dipoides according to R.A. Stirton 1936

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is White Cone, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Bidahochi Formation of Arizona

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (3: Arizona, Nebraska, New Mexico collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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