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Miotomodon

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Miotomodon was named by Korth (2011).

It was assigned to Sigmodontinae by Korth (2011).

Species
M. mayi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Miotomodon Korth p. 137

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
genusMiotomodon

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.

G. †Miotomodon Korth 2011
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†Miotomodon mayi Korth 2011
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth 2011High-crowned but rooted teeth (higher crowned than Basirepomys, Paronychomys, lower crowned than Repomys; see Table 1); short mesoloph forms small spur on posterior side of paracone on M1– M2; similar morphology of mesolophid, but developed to a lesser degree on the anterior of the entoconid of m1–m2; M3 nearly circular in outline with two obliquely oriented enamel lakes; ascending ramus of mandible rises posterior to m2, making nearly all of m3 visible laterally; masseteric scar on mandible ends anteriorly below level of mental foramen.