Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Synonym: Eocastoroides Hibbard 1937
Full reference: E. H. Barbour and C. B. Schultz. 1937. An early Pleistocene fauna from Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 942:1-10
Parent taxon: Castoroidinae according to N. Rybczynski 2007
See also Barbour and Schultz 1937, Hibbard 1941, Korth 2002, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McGrew 1944, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Shotwell 1970
Sister taxa: Castoroidini, Hystricopini, Nothodipoidini
Subtaxa: Procastoroides idahoensis Procastoroides intermedius Procastoroides sweeti
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (20: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Washington collections)
• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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