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Based on the available evidence of the [[Foramen|foramina]], '''''Eucastor''''' most likely is closely related to [[Beaver|'''''Castor''''']], but not in its direct lineage.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olson |first=Everett Claire |date=1940 |title=Cranial Foramina of North American Beavers |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1298553 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=495–501 |issn=0022-3360}}</ref> |
Based on the available evidence of the [[Foramen|foramina]], '''''Eucastor''''' most likely is closely related to [[Beaver|'''''Castor''''']], but not in its direct lineage.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olson |first=Everett Claire |date=1940 |title=Cranial Foramina of North American Beavers |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1298553 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=495–501 |issn=0022-3360}}</ref> |
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It has two species, the type ''Eucastor'' (formerlly ''Castor'') ''tortus'', and ''E. malheurensis'' |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 07:32, 21 January 2024
Eucastor | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Castoridae |
Tribe: | †Nothodipoidini |
Genus: | †Eucastor Leidy, 1858 |
Eucastor is an extinct genus of beaver-grouped rodents.[1][2]
Based on the available evidence of the foramina, Eucastor most likely is closely related to Castor, but not in its direct lineage.[3]
It has two species, the type Eucastor (formerlly Castor) tortus, and E. malheurensis
References
- ^ William Henry Flower; Richard Lydekker (1891). An Introduction to the Study of Mammals Living and Extinct. A. and C. Black. p. 458.
Eucastor extinct.
- ^ T. S. Palmer (1904). "Index Generum Mammalium". North American Fauna (23). Fish and Wildlife Service: 272. doi:10.3996/nafa.23.0001.
- ^ Olson, Everett Claire (1940). "Cranial Foramina of North American Beavers". Journal of Paleontology. 14 (5): 495–501. ISSN 0022-3360.
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8