Nothodipoides planus Stirton 1935 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Alternative combination: Eucastor planus

Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1935. A review of the Tertiary beavers. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(13):391-458

Belongs to Nothodipoides according to W. W. Korth 2007

See also Stirton 1935

Sister taxon: Nothodipoides stirtoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beaver Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Oklahoma

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (11: Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.