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Procastoroides

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Procastoroides Barbour and Schultz
1937Eocastoroides Hibbard
1980Procastoroides Kurten and Anderson p. 236
1997Procastoroides McKenna and Bell
2007Procastoroides Rybczynski p. 7

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

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.

G. †Procastoroides Barbour and Schultz 1937
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†Procastoroides idahoensis Shotwell 1970
†Procastoroides intermedius Zakrzewski 1969
†Procastoroides sweeti Barbour and Schultz 1937
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Invalid names: Eocastoroides lanei Hibbard 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eocastoroides Hibbard 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:05:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 4.70000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Dipoides sp. (20083)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) P. sweeti (20034)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) P. idahoensis (19964) P. sp. (19959) P. sweeti (19955 19963)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Washington) P. sp. (20062)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) P. lanei (19932) P. sp. (19930 19951) P. sweeti (19929 19934 19936)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (South Dakota) P. sweeti (20019)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Idaho) Dipoides intermedius (19828 19829 19834 19849 19887) P. idahoensis (19910) P. sp. (19921)