Montanacastor

Montanacastor
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Genus: †
Species:
†M. simplicidens
Binomial name
†Montanacastor simplicidens
Korth & Tabrum, 2017

Montanacastor is an extinct genus of castorid that lived in North America during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Montanacastor simplicidens is known from southwestern Montana.[1]

References

  1. ^ Korth, William W.; Tabrum, Alan R. (1 October 2017). "A Unique Rodent Fauna from the Whitneyan (Middle Oligocene) of Southwestern Montana". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 84 (4): 319–340. doi:10.2992/007.084.0401. ISSN 0097-4463. Retrieved 26 June 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.


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