Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Parent taxon: Castoridae according to N. Rybczynski 2007
See also Korth 2001, Korth 2002, Mayhew 1978, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sutton and Korth 1995
Sister taxa: Agnotocastor, Agnotocastorinae, Anchitheriomyinae, Anchitheriomys, Asiacastor, Boreofiber, Capatanka, Castorinae, Castoroidinae, Chalicomys, Migmacastor, Neatocastor, Oligotheriomys, Palaeocastorinae, Palaeomys, Romanocastor, Trigontherium, Trogontheriinae, Trogontherium, Youngofiber, Zamolxifiber
Subtaxa: Euroxenomys inconnexus Euroxenomys minutus Euroxenomys wilsoni
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), France (1), Germany (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), United States (5: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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