Anchitheriomys

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Anchitheriomys
Fossil range: early Oligocene to middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Family: Castoridae
Subfamily: †Agnotocastorinae
Tribe: †Anchitheriomyini
Genus: †Anchitheriomys
Roger, 1885
Type species
†Anchitheriomys weidemanni
Species
  • †A. fluminis
  • †A. stouti
  • †A. tungurensis
  • †A. weidemanni
Synonyms

Anchitheriomys is an extinct member of the beaver family, Castoridae. Until recently, it was placed in a closely related family of rodents, Eutypomyidae (e.g., McKenna & Bell 1997, p. 129), but Korth & Emry (1997) have since described a partial skull that shows similarities to another early beaver, Agnotocastor.

[edit] References

  • Korth, William W. & Emry, Robert J. (1997), “The skull of Anchitheriomys and a new subfamily of beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia)”, Journal of Paleontology 71 (2): 343-347 
  • McKenna, Malcolm C. & Bell, Susan K. (1997), Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-11013-8 
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