Dipoides majori Schlosser 1903 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1903. Die fossilen Saugethiere Chinas nebst einer Odontographie der recenten Antilopen. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Belongs to Dipoides according to M. Schlosser 1903

Sister taxa: Dipoides rexroadensis, Dipoides smithi, Dipoides stirtoni, Dipoides stovalli, Dipoides tanneri, Dipoides vallicula, Dipoides williamsi, Dipoides wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tientsin, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in China

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution: found only at Tientsin

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