Dipoides rexroadensis Hibbard and Riggs 1949 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and E. S. Riggs. 1949. Upper Pliocene Vertebrates From Keefe Canyon, Meade County, Kansas. Geological Society America Bulletin 60(5):829-860

Belongs to Dipoides according to R. A. Martin 1969

See also Hibbard and Riggs 1949 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Dipoides majori, Dipoides smithi, Dipoides stirtoni, Dipoides stovalli, Dipoides tanneri, Dipoides vallicula, Dipoides williamsi, Dipoides wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Keefe Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (5: Kansas, Nebraska, Washington collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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