Anchitheriomys

Anchitheriomys; Temporal range: early Oligocene to middle Miocene
	Fossil
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. nanus; †A. senrudi; †A. stouti; †A. tungurensis; †A. weidemanni;
Synonyms
	Amblycastor Matthew, 1918;

Anchitheriomys is an extinct member of the beaver family, Castoridae. Until recently, it was placed in a closely related family of rodents, Eutypomyidae,^[1] but a partial skull shows similarities to another early beaver, Agnotocastor.^[2]

References

^ *McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997), Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-11013-8
^ *Korth, William W.; Emry, Robert J. (1997), "The skull of Anchitheriomys and a new subfamily of beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia)", Journal of Paleontology, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 343–347

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[1] *McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997), Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-11013-8

[2] *Korth, William W.; Emry, Robert J. (1997), "The skull of Anchitheriomys and a new subfamily of beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia)", Journal of Paleontology, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 343–347

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