Euhapsis Peterson 1905 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1905. Description of New Rodents And Discussion Of The Origin of Daemonelix. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 2(4):139-202

Parent taxon: Palaeocastorinae according to N. Rybczynski 2007

See also Alroy 2002 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Capacikala, Fossorcastor, Palaeocastor, Pseudopalaeocastor

Subtaxa: Euhapsis breugerorum Euhapsis ellicottae Euhapsis luskensis Euhapsis platyceps

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Type: Euhapsis platyceps

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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