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Procastoroides sweeti

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Procastoroides sweeti was named by Barbour and Schultz (1937) [genotype]. Its type locality is Broadwater Locality A, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Procastoroides sweeti Barbour and Schultz
1937Eocastoroides lanei Hibbard
1941Procastoroides lanei Hibbard
1949Procastoroides lanei Hibbard and Riggs
1969Procastoroides sweeti Martin p. 1039
1980Procastoroides sweeti Kurten and Anderson p. 236

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciessweeti

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.

†Procastoroides sweeti Barbour and Schultz 1937
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Invalid names: Eocastoroides lanei 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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: Blancan or 4.70000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (South Dakota) Procastoroides sweeti (20019)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Procastoroides sweeti (20034)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Procastoroides sweeti (type locality: 19955 19963)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Procastoroides lanei (19932) Procastoroides sweeti (19929 19934 19936)