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Castor peninsulatus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Castor peninsulatus was named by Cope (1881).

It was recombined as Steneofiber peninsulatus by Hay (1902) and Peterson (1905); it was recombined as Palaeocastor peninsulatus by Stirton (1935) and Xu (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Castor peninsulatus Cope
1902Steneofiber peninsulatus Hay p. 722
1905Steneofiber peninsulatus Peterson p. 172
1935Palaeocastor peninsulatus Stirton
1996Palaeocastor peninsulatus Xu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
subfamilyCastorinae
genusCastor
speciespeninsulatusCope 1881

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.

Castor peninsulatus Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:11:16
Modified: 2011-05-12 03:11:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available