†Priusaulax wilsoni Korth 2017 (beaver)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2017. A new tribe of castoroidine beavers from the late Arikareean to Hemphillian (Oligocene–Miocene) of western North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2):249-258
Belongs to Priusaulax according to W. W. Korth 2017
Sister taxa: Priusaulax browni, Priusaulax senrudi
Type specimen: KU 10173, a partial skull (partial cranium with right side of rostrum, max- illa and orbital wall containing right P4–M3). Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at Martin Canyon Quarry A
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