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Eucastor

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Eucastor was named by Allen (1877) [named as subgenus by Leidy 1858; first raised to genus level]. It is not extant. Its type is Castor (Eucastor) tortus.

It was assigned to Castoridae by Allen (1877), Hay (1902) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Castoroidinae by Rybczynski (2007); and to Nothodipoidini by Korth (2007) and Korth (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Eucastor Allen
1896Sigmogomphius Merriam
1902Eucastor Hay p. 722
1902Sigmogomphius Hay p. 722
1997Eucastor McKenna and Bell
2007Eucastor Korth p. 118
2007Eucastor Rybczynski p. 7
2008Eucastor Korth p. 177

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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
—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
subfamilyCastoroidinaeAllen 1877
tribeNothodipoidini
genusEucastorAllen 1877

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. †Eucastor Allen 1877
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†Eucastor malheurensis Shotwell and Russell 1963
†Eucastor tortus Leidy 1858
Invalid names: Sigmogomphius Merriam 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available