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Castoroidini ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	160566	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=160566

Rank

tribe (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castoroidini

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
superfamily	Castoroidea	Gray 1821
family	Castoridae	Gray 1821
subfamily	Castoroidinae	Allen 1877
tribe	Castoroidini	Allen 1877

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Castoroidini	tribe	belongs to Castoroidinae	stated without evidence	Korth and Bailey, 2006
Castoroidini	tribe	belongs to Castoroidinae	stated with evidence	Korth, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

browser (based on Castoridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. W. Korth. 2008. Cranial morphology, systematics and succession of beavers from the middle Miocene Valentine Formation of Nebraska, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):169-182

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Castoroides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Giant Beaver	66	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Dipoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		56	23.0 Ma Miocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Monosaulax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		64	33.9 Ma Oligocene	8.70 Ma Miocene
Prodipoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Castoroidini Allen
2006	Castoroidini Korth and Bailey p. 237
2007	Castoroidini Korth p. 118
2008	Castoroidini Korth p. 170

References

Korth W. W. (2008) Cranial morphology, systematics and succession of beavers from the middle Miocene Valentine Formation of Nebraska, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 2, 169-182

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. (2007) A new genus of beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the miocene (Clarendonian) of North America and systematics of the Castoroidinae based on comparative cranial anatomy, Annals of Carnegie Museum 76 2 doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[117:ANGOBR]2.0.CO;2

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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