Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2001. Cranial morphology of some early beavers (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) of South Dakota. Paludicola 3(2):40-50
Belongs to Palaeocastor according to W. W. Korth 2014
Sister taxa: Palaeocastor fossor, Palaeocastor nebrascensis, Palaeocastor peninsulatus
Type specimen: SDSM 40123, a skull (skull with associated right mandible). Its type locality is East of Rockyford (Protoceras Channels), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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