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Dipodomys minor

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Dipodomys minor was named by Gidley (1922). Its type specimen is USNM 10499, a mandible (a nearly complete right lower jaw containing the incisor and the first cheek tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prodipodomys minor by Dalquest et al. (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Dipodomys minor Gidley p. 123 figs. Plate XXXIV, figure 16
1992Prodipodomys minor Dalquest et al.

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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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusDipodomysGray 1841
speciesminor

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.

Dipodomys minor Gidley 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available