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Castoroides ohioensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Castoroides ohioensis was named by Foster (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nashport, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial siltstone in Ohio. It is the type species of Castoroides.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-12-08

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Castoroides ohioensis Foster
1860Castoroides ohioensis Leidy p. 114
1902Castoroides ohioensis Hay p. 733
1912Castoroides kansensis Martin p. 395
1931Castoroides nebrascensis Barbour
1956Burosor efforsorius Starrett
1967Castoroides ohioensis Wilson p. 208
1969Castoroides ohioensis Martin p. 1035
1980Castoroides ohioensis Kurten and Anderson p. 236

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
subfamilyCastoroidinaeAllen 1877
tribeCastoroidiniAllen 1877
genusCastoroides
speciesohioensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
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Invalid names: Burosor efforsorius Starrett 1956 [synonym], Castoroides kansensis Martin 1912 [synonym], Castoroides nebrascensis Barbour 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available