Euhapsis platyceps Peterson 1905 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1905. Description of New Rodents And Discussion Of The Origin of Daemonelix. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 2(4):139-202

Belongs to Euhapsis according to O. A. Peterson 1905

Sister taxa: Euhapsis breugerorum, Euhapsis ellicottae, Euhapsis luskensis

Type specimen: CM 1220, a skull (skull and por- tions of both mandibular rami). Its type locality is Monroe Creek (Type), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution: found only at Monroe Creek (Type)

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