Temperocastor Korth 2008 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2008. Cranial morphology, systematics and succession of beavers from the middle Miocene Valentine Formation of Nebraska, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):169-182

Parent taxon: Nothodipoidini according to W. W. Korth 2008

Sister taxa: Eucastor, Microdipoides, Nothodipoides

Subtaxa: Temperocastor valentinensis

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Type: Eucastor valentinensis

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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