''Procastoroides'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of beaver-grouped
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
s.
References
* McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. ''Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level''. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
Prehistoric beavers
Prehistoric rodent genera
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