Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1996. A new genus of beaver (Mammalia: Castoridae: Rodentia) from the Arikareean (Oligocene) of Montana and its bearing on castorid phylogeny. Annals of Carnegie Museum 65(2):167-180
Parent taxon: Castoridae according to W. W. Korth 1996
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Agnotocastor, Agnotocastorinae, Anchitheriomyinae, Anchitheriomys, Asiacastor, Boreofiber, Capatanka, Castorinae, Castoroidinae, Chalicomys, Euroxenomys, Migmacastor, Oligotheriomys, Palaeocastorinae, Palaeomys, Romanocastor, Trigontherium, Trogontheriinae, Trogontherium, Youngofiber, Zamolxifiber
Subtaxa: Neatocastor hesperus
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Montana)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Florida)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.