Anchitheriomys fluminis Matthew 1918

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Alternative combination: Amblycastor fluminis

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1918. Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(7):183-229

Belongs to Anchitheriomys according to W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry 1997

See also Korth 1994, Korth 1996, Matthew 1918, Voorhies 1990 and Xu 1994

Sister taxa: Anchitheriomys stouti, Anchitheriomys suevicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Snake Creek Fauna, which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian channel sandstone in Nebraska

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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