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Priusaulax ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8645681https://www.gbif.org/species/8645681
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)322037https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=322037
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Priusaulax
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridaeGray 1821
subfamilyCastoroidinaeAllen 1877
tribeHystricopiniKorth 2017
genusPriusaulaxKorth & Bailey 2006
Scientific NamePriusaulax Korth & Bailey, 2006
Name Published InAnnals of Carnegie Museum 75.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Priusaulaxgenusbelongs to Castoroidinistated without evidenceKorth and Bailey, 2006
Priusaulaxgenusbelongs to Hystricopinistated without evidenceKorth, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Castoridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. W. Korth and B. E. Bailey. 2006. Earliest castoridine beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Late Arikareean (Early Miocene) of Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(4):237-245

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Monosaulax senrudi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		223.0 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene
Priusaulax browni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		124.8 Ma
Oligocene		24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Priusaulax wilsoni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		120.4 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2006Priusaulax Korth and Bailey p. 237
2017Priusaulax Korth p. 251

References

Korth W. W., Bailey B. E. (2006) Earliest castoridine beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Late Arikareean (Early Miocene) of Nebraska, Annals of Carnegie Museum 75 4, 237-245 doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[237:ECBRCF]2.0.CO;2
Korth W. W. (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 doi:10.4202/app.00339.2017
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Annals of Carnegie Museum 75. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: Earliest castoroidine beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Late Arikareean (Early Miocene) of Nebraska. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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