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The oldest beaver from the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2014

W. Wessels ,
J. Frieling  and
R. Fraaije
W. Wessels*
Affiliation:
Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands
J. Frieling
Affiliation:
Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands
R. Fraaije
Affiliation:
Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, 5283 WB Boxtel, the Netherlands
*
*Email: w.wessels@geo.uu.nl
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Abstract

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A lower molar of Castor fiber from the sandpit of Langenboom (the Netherlands) represents, so far, the oldest occurrence of a beaver in the North Sea Basin. Its presence in the marine sand deposit of the Langenboom Formation indicates that Castor fiber inhabited areas in or near the river systems of Rhine and Meuse in the Early Pliocene.

Keywords

Castor fiberCastoridaeLangenboomNorth Sea BasinOosterhout FormationPliocene
Type
Geo(Im)pulse
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 311 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2011

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