Monosaulax tedi Korth 1999 (beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1999. A new species of beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the earliest Barstovian (Miocene) of Nebraska and the phylogeny of Monosaulax Stirton. Paludicola 2(3):258-264

Belongs to Monosaulax according to W. W. Korth 1999

Sister taxa: Monosaulax curtus, Monosaulax pansus, Monosaulax progressus, Monosaulax skinneri, Monosaulax typicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution: found only at Observation Quarry

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