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Paronychomys shotwelli

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Paronychomys shotwelli was named by Korth (2011). Its type specimen is UO 21716, a tooth (left M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Juniper Creek (UO 2469), which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Paronychomys shotwelli Korth p. 140 fig. 2

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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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusParonychomys
speciesshotwelli

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.

†Paronychomys shotwelli Korth 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth 2011Large species of the genus; M1 with minute posterior cingulum; m1 lacking buccal posterior cingulid; m3 larger relative to m2 than in other species.