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Palaeocastor nebrascensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Steneofiber nebrascensis was named by Leidy (1856) [generic allocation questioned by Korth 1996a, who suggests it may belong to Neatocastor]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Castor peninsulatus by Cope (1881); it was recombined as Palaeocastor nebrascensis by Leidy (1869), Stirton (1935), Macdonald (1970), Nichols (1979), Wood (1980), Korth (1994) and Xu (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Steneofiber nebrascensis Leidy p. 89
1857Steneofiber nebrascensis Leidy p. 89
1869Palaeocastor nebrascensis Leidy
1902Steneofiber nebrascensis Hay p. 722
1905Steneofiber nebrascensis Peterson p. 172
1907Steneofiber sciuroides Matthew
1909Steneofiber nebrascensis Matthew
1935Palaeocastor nebrascensis Stirton
1963Capacikala sciuroides Macdonald
1970Capacikala sciuroides Macdonald
1970Palaeocastor nebrascensis Macdonald
1979Palaeocastor nebrascensis Nichols
1980Palaeocastor nebrascensis Wood
1994Palaeocastor nebrascensis Korth p. 234
1996Palaeocastor nebrascensis Xu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
subfamilyPalaeocastorinae
genusPalaeocastorLeidy 1869
speciesnebrascensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Steneofiber sciuroides Matthew 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available