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Eumys eliensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Eumys eliensis was named by Black (1961). Its type specimen is YPM 14022, a mandible (left ramus with i, m1-m3, lacking the ascending ramus and inferior bordere), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Logan, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Montana.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eumys brachyodus by Martin (1980).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Eumys eliensis Black p. 7 figs. Figure 3a & b
2011Eumys eliensis Korth

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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()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusEumys
specieseliensis

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.

†Eumys eliensis Black 1961
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. C. Black 1961Teeth large in relation to jaw size; teeth progres- sively longer from M± to M3; posterior protoconid arm joining metaconid on Mx-Mg; no lingual arm of anterior cingulum on M2-M3; mental foramen near inferior border of mandible below anterior root of Mx,