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Taxonomy
Palaearctomys montanus was named by Douglass (1903) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CM 740, a partial skeleton ( skull without the right zygomatic arch, parts of the cranium, and the cheek teeth; nearly complete right and left mandibular rami with worn cheek teeth; and pa), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Palaearctomys montanus Douglass 1903
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Diagnosis
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| M. D. Bryant 1945 | Skull larger and relatively slenderer than that of P. macrorhinus. Zygomatic arches slightly convex laterally. Longitudinal ridges on upper incisor coarse; upper incisor relatively narrower and longer than in P. macrorhinus. Symphyseal suture of jaw extensive |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available