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Ogmodontomys sawrockensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Ogmodontomys sawrockensis was named by Hibbard (1957) [used without justification by Chaline et al. 1999]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is UMMP 28166, a partial skull (Part of palatal region with M1 preserved). Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Mimomys sawrockensis by Repenning (1987) and Mou (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Ogmodontomys sawrockensis Hibbard
1987Mimomys sawrockensis Repenning
1997Mimomys sawrockensis Mou
2002Ogmodontomys sawrockensis Martin 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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusOgmodontomys
speciessawrockensis

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.

†Ogmodontomys sawrockensis Hibbard 1957
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Martin et al. 2002Slightly smaller than Ogmodontomys poaphagus Hibbard with shorter crowned teeth. The lateral palatal grooves are distinctly deepr than thos of O. poaphagus.