†Castor veterior Lankester 1864 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: E. R. Lankester. 1864. On new Mammalia from the Red Crag. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:353-360
Belongs to Castor according to E. R. Lankester 1864
Sister taxa: Castor (Eucastor), Castor anderssoni, Castor californicus, Castor canadensis, Castor fiber, Castor jaegeri, Castor peninsulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Suffolk (Sutton), which is in a Pliocene coastal siliciclastic in the Red Crag Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at Suffolk (Sutton)
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