Steneofiber Geoffroy 1833 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Parent taxon: Castorinae according to N. Rybczynski 2007

See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1881, Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sach and Heizmann 2001

Sister taxa: Castor, Hystricops, Propalaeocastor, Sinocastor

Subtaxa: Steneofiber depereti

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Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)

• Miocene of France (24), Germany (7), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (5), Turkey (3)

• Oligocene of Belgium (2), China (1), France (1), Germany (3), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 60 collections including 69 occurrences

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