†Migmacastor procumbodens Korth and Rybczynski 2003 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and N. Rybczynski. 2003. A new, unusual castorid (Rodentia) from the earliest Miocene of Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):667-675
Belongs to Migmacastor according to W. W. Korth and N. Rybczynski 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: F:AM 65723, a skull (nearly complete cranium with associated mandible). Its type locality is Harrison Formation (Migmacastor Locality), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at Harrison Formation (Migmacastor Locality)
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