Agnotocastor

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Agnotocastor
Temporal range: Late Eocene–Late Oligocene
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Tribe:
Genus: Agnotocastor
Stirton, 1935
Type species

Species

Agnotocastor is an extinct member of the beaver family Castoridae. Unlike its modern relative, this species took the place of muskrats in the rivers of North America during the Oligocene epoch.

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