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