Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Parent taxon: Palaeocastorinae according to N. Rybczynski 2007
See also Macdonald 1963, Martin 1987, McKenna and Bell 1997, Swisher 1982 and Xu 1996
Sister taxa: Euhapsis, Fossorcastor, Palaeocastor, Pseudopalaeocastor
Subtaxa: Capacikala gradatus Capacikala parvus Capacikala sajakensis
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (9: Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (3), United States (17: Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences
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