Castoroidea
Taxonavigation
Classis: Mammalia
Infraordo: Castorimorphi
Superfamilia: Castoroidea
Familiae (1 + †2):
Castoridae – †Eutypomyidae – †Rhizospalacidae
Name
Castoroidea Batsch, 1788
Synonymy
References
Primary references
- Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien. Erster Theil. Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische. Jena: Akademischen Buchandlung, 528 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79854.
Additional references
- Hemprich, W. 1820. Grundriss der Naturgeschichte fur höhere Lehranstalten. August Rücker: Berlin. i–viii + 1–432.
- Gill, T. 1872. Arrangement of the families of mammals. With analytical tables. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 230: i–vi, 1–98. BHL Reference page.
- Simpson, G.G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85: xvi + 350 pp. hdl: 2246/1104 Reference page.
- McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.
- Dubois, A. & Bour, R. 2010. The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 149–171.