Agnotocastor praetereadens Stirton 1935 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1935. A review of the Tertiary beavers. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(13):391-458

Belongs to Agnotocastor according to W. W. Korth et al. 2019

See also Korth 2014, Korth 2001 and Stirton 1935

Sister taxa: Agnotocastor coloradensis, Agnotocastor galushai, Agnotocastor montanus, Agnotocastor readingi

Type specimen: 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 (4: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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