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Castoroides (giant beaver)
Taxonomy
Castoroides was named by Foster (1838). Its type is Castoroides ohioensis. It is the type genus of Castoroidinae, Castoroidini.
It was assigned to Rodentia by Foster (1838), Leidy (1860); to Castoroididae by Hay (1902); to Castoroidinae by Rybczynski (2007); to Castoroidini by Korth (2008); and to Castoridae by Wilson (1967), Martin (1969), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997), Eshelman et al. (2018), Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Foster (1838), Leidy (1860); to Castoroididae by Hay (1902); to Castoroidinae by Rybczynski (2007); to Castoroidini by Korth (2008); and to Castoridae by Wilson (1967), Martin (1969), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997), Eshelman et al. (2018), Albright et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Castoroides Foster p. 81 |
| 1860 | Castoroides Leidy p. 114 |
| 1902 | Castoroides Hay p. 733 |
| 1967 | Castoroides Wilson p. 208 |
| 1969 | Castoroides Martin p. 1035 |
| 1980 | Castoroides Kurten and Anderson p. 236 |
| 1997 | Castoroides McKenna and Bell |
| 2007 | Castoroides Rybczynski p. 7 |
| 2008 | Castoroides Korth p. 169 |
| 2018 | Castoroides Eshelman et al. p. 6 |
| 2019 | Castoroides Albright et al. p. 157 |
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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. †Castoroides Foster 1838 [giant beaver]
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†Castoroides dilophidus Martin 1969
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Invalid names: Castoroides leiseyorum Morgan and White 1995 [synonym]
†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]
Invalid names: Burosor [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 9.40000 to 0.01400 Ma
Collections (157 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (18570) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (18532) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (19748 98318 216139) Castoroides ohioensis (19759) | |
| Blancan - Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Castoroides sp. (79621) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (19758) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Arkansas) | Castoroides ohioensis (216258) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Castoroides sp. (206227) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Castoroides ohioensis (84179) Castoroides sp. (74244 84178 84180 84183) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Minnesota) | Castoroides ohioensis (93509) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Castoroides ohioensis (63408) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Castoroides sp. (65469) | |
| Pleistocene | Canada (New Brunswick) | Castoroides ohioensis (216044) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Mississippi) | Castoroides ohioensis (161954) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Castoroides ohioensis (77596) Castoroides ohioticus (96899) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Castoroides dilophidus (77590) Castoroides leiseyorum (84182) Castoroides ohioensis (65405) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Iowa) | Castoroides ohioensis (216257) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Alabama) | Castoroides sp. (82056) | |
| Irvingtonian | Canada (Yukon) | Castoroides ohioensis (20433 20434 20435) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (20394 26550 216137 216138) Castoroides ohioensis (20400 20403 20520) Castoroides sp. (20145) Castoroides sp., Castoroides dilophidus (20299 58089) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Castoroides ohioensis (20137 20142 20293 20390 20516) Castoroides sp. (20148) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Castoroides ohioensis (20309) Castoroides sp. (20157) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Iowa) | Castoroides ohioensis (20556) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Alaska) | Castoroides ohioensis (20297) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Castoroides sp. (20143 20347 20375 20500 20501) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (Kansas) | Castoroides sp. (20492) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (195048) | |
| Rancholabrean (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Castoroides sp. (207895 207896 207897) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (216140 216141 216142 216143 216144 216145 216147 216159 216161) Castoroides ohioensis (20440) Castoroides sp. (180339 207460 207891 207892 207893 207894) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Castoroides dilophidus (206985 206986) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Maryland) | Castoroides sp. (195939) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (195099) Castoroides ohioensis (20581 20653) Castoroides sp. (20629 20647) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wisconsin) | Castoroides ohioensis (216234) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Dakota) | Castoroides ohioensis (216195 216196) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Castoroides dilophidus (61311 74294 154773) Castoroides ohioensis (74292) Castoroides ohioensis, Castoroides dilophidus (154804) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Castoroides ohioensis (63226 63227 63576 63597 63612 63647 200626 216274 216275) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Indiana) | Castoroides ohioensis (215649 216185 216186 216187 216188 216189 216190 216191 216192 216193) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Castoroides sp. (20584 84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Castoroides dilophidus (80232) Castoroides ohioensis (216269 216270) Castoroides sp. (188304) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Castoroides ohioensis (80231) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Ontario) | Castoroides ohioensis (20587) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Illinois) | Castoroides ohioensis (93486 216263 216264 216265 216266 216267 216268) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Iowa) | Castoroides ohioensis (216254 216255 216256) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arkansas) | Castoroides ohioensis (216259) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Castoroides ohioensis (216106 216173) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oklahoma) | Castoroides ohioensis (216271) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nebraska) | Castoroides ohioensis (216108 216110 216111 216273) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Kansas) | Castoroides kansensis (216272) Castoroides sp. (83076) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Castoroides ohioensis (216261 216262) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Castoroides ohioensis (93334) Castoroides sp. (82996) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Castoroides ohioensis (216194) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Castoroides ohioensis (20626 20627) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Castoroides ohioensis (73486 82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Castoroides ohioensis (104797 216176) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Ohio) | Castoroides ohioensis (215650 216177 216178 216180 216181 216183 216184) |