Procastoroides, the Glossary
Procastoroides is an extinct genus of beaver-grouped rodents.[1]
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
See Procastoroides and Pliocene
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
See also
Prehistoric beavers
- Agnotocastor
- Anchitheriomys
- Castor californicus
- Castoroides
- Dipoides
- Eucastor
- Migmacastor
- Monosaulax
- Palaeocastor
- Procastoroides
- Propalaeocastor
- Steneofiber
- Trogontherium
- Youngofiber