Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Alternative combinations: Erethizon venustus, Hystrix (Hystricops) venustus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Belongs to Hystricops according to W. W. Korth 2017
See also Hay 1902, Korth 1994, Korth 1998, Leidy 1858, Stirton 1935 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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