Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Alternative combination: Eucastor dividerus
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 Prodipoides according to W. W. Korth 2008
See also Korth 2007 and Stirton 1935
Sister taxa: Prodipoides burgensis, Prodipoides katensis, Prodipoides lecontei, Prodipoides phillisi
Type specimen: UCMP 29691, a mandible (mandible with p4-m3). Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (10: Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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