Eucastor Leidy, 1858

Korth, William W., 2008, Cranial morphology, systematics and succession of beavers from the middle Miocene Valentine Formation of Nebraska, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (2), pp. 169-182 : 177

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2008.0201
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA87E5-FFC4-FF9E-FCB1-7701FBB6FE71
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scientific name	Eucastor Leidy, 1858
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Genus Eucastor Leidy, 1858

Type species: Castor (Eucastor) tortus Leidy, 1858 ; Barstovian (middle Miocene), Nebraska .

Leidy, J. 1858. Notice of remains of extinct Vertebrata, from the valley of the Niobrara River, collected during the exploring expedition of 1857 in Nebraska, under the command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Topographic Engineer, by Dr. V. F. Hayden. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia 1858: 20 - 29.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Castoridae

Specimens