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Primus cheemai

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Primus cheemai was named by Lindsay and Flynn (2016). Its type specimen is PMNH 2001, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Z113, which is in an Aquitanian terrestrial horizon in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. pusillus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusPrimusde Bruijn et al. 1981
speciescheemai

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.

†Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available