Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Sinomylus zhaii
Taxonomy
Sinomylus zhaii was named by McKenna and Meng (2001). Its type specimen is IVPP V12431, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingguang, Tujinshan, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Tujinshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Sinomylus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
2001 | Sinomylus zhaii McKenna and Meng p. 565 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Sinomylus zhaii McKenna and Meng 2001
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
---|---|---|
M. C. McKenna and J. Meng 2001 | Differs from mimotonids and lagomorphs (Duplicidentata) in possessing a single, gliriform, sharply recurved, upper incisor (presumably DI2). Differs from all other Simplicidentata in retention of P2. Further differs from eurymylids except Eomylus and Tribosphenomys in having single-layered, radial incisor enamel microstructures. Differs from Eomylus in having longer cheek teeth; from Eurymylus in being smaller and having a shorter incisive foramen; from Heomys and Rhombomylus in having a less developed hypocone; and from Tribosphenomys and Alagomys in having a higher degree of unilateral hypsodonty, stronger hypocone, and less distinctive conules. |