Genus: Castorocauda JI, LUO, YUAN & TABRUM, 2006
Etymology: Latin, Castro, "beaver" and Latin, cauda, "tail": after the broad, flattened, scaly, and beaver-like tail for swimming.

Species: lutrasimilis JI, LUO, YUAN & TABRUM, 2006
Etymology: Latin, lutra, "otter" and Latin, simils, "similar": Similar to extanct otters in some dental and vertebral characters.

Holotype: JZMP-04-117

Locality: Daohugou locality, N41°18.979', E119°14.318', Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia.

Horizon: Jiulongshan Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Bathonian Stage, upper middle Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: An incomplete, flattend skeleton, partial skull and partial skeleton.

Note: With scales and fur.