Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1949. Pliocene Saw Rock Canyon Fauna in Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 7(5):91-105
Belongs to Dipoides according to J. A. Shotwell 1955
See also Alroy 2002
Sister taxa: Dipoides majori, Dipoides rexroadensis, Dipoides smithi, Dipoides stirtoni, Dipoides stovalli, Dipoides tanneri, Dipoides vallicula, Dipoides williamsi
Type specimen: KUMVP 6783, a partial skull (RP4-MS, LP4-M2, and the two upper incisors). Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas, Oregon collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (12: Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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