†Propalaeocastor Borisoglebskaya 1967 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Synonym: Asteneofiber Kretzoi 1974
Parent taxon: Castorinae according to W. Wu et al. 2004
See also Bendukidze et al. 2009 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Castor, Hystricops, Sinocastor, Steneofiber
Subtaxa: Propalaeocastor butselensis Propalaeocastor irtyshensis Propalaeocastor kazachstanicus Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis Propalaeocastor schokensis Propalaeocastor shevyrevae Propalaeocastor zaissanensis
Type: Propalaeocastor kazachstanicus
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (7)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
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