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Prospalax petteri

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Prospalax petteri was named by Bachmayer and Wilson (1970). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMW 1970/1394 mandible dext. with m1-m3, a mandible. Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Prospalax petteri Bachmayer and Wilson p. 572 figs. P. 13, fig. 68

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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
genusProspalaxMehely 1908
speciespetteri

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.

†Prospalax petteri Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson 1970Approximate size of Prospalax priscus, but lower jaw less robust; larger, and with more specialized jaw than in Anomalomys gaudryi. m1 more elongate than in Pliospalax. Development of sigmoid pattern in cheekteeth intermediate between A. gaillardi and P. priscus.