†Monosaulax tedi Korth 1999 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1999. A new species of beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the earliest Barstovian (Miocene) of Nebraska and the phylogeny of Monosaulax Stirton. Paludicola 2(3):258-264
Belongs to Monosaulax according to W. W. Korth 1999
Sister taxa: Monosaulax curtus, Monosaulax minutus, Monosaulax pansus, Monosaulax progressus, Monosaulax skinneri, Monosaulax typicus
Type specimen: F:AM 64690, a mandible (left mandible with all cheek teeth). Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at Observation Quarry
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