Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Synonym: Castor accessor Hay 1927
Full reference: L. Kellogg. 1911. A fossil beaver from the Kettleman Hills, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(17):401-402
Belongs to Castor according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Kellogg 1911 and Repenning et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Castor (Eucastor), Castor anderssoni, Castor canadensis, Castor fiber, Castor jaegeri, Castor peninsulatus, Castor veterior
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (13: California, Idaho, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Nebraska, Oregon)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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