Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Alternative combinations: Dipoides curtus, Eucastor curtus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Belongs to Monosaulax according to R. L. Evander 1999
See also Galbreath 1953, Korth 1999, Matthew and Cook 1909, Stirton 1935 and Tedford and Barghoorn 1993
Sister taxa: Monosaulax pansus, Monosaulax progressus, Monosaulax skinneri, Monosaulax tedi, Monosaulax typicus
Type specimen: AMNH 13871
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (13: Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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