Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Hylopetes hoeckarum

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Hylopetes hoeckarum was named by de Bruijn (1998). Its type specimen is NHMW 1997z0199/0001/1, a tooth (M1/2 sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Oberdorf lignite mine, horizon O3, which is in a MN 4 mire/swamp claystone in Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Hylopetes hoeckarum de Bruijn p. 107 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 11, 12

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
subfamilyPteromyinae
genusHylopetesThomas 1908
specieshoeckarum

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.

Hylopetes hoeckarum de Bruijn 1998
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn 1998Enamel of unworn teeht hummocky. Protoloph and metaloph of the M1-2 weak and devoid of conules. Mesostyl of the M1-2 and mesostylid and mesoconid of the m1-2 small.