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Mictomys meltoni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Synaptomys meltoni was named by Paulson (1961).

It was recombined as Mictomys meltoni by von Koenigswald and Martin (1984), Barnosky and Rasmussen (1988), Wood and Barnosky (1994), Fejfar and Repenning (1998), Bell and Barnosky (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Synaptomys meltoni Paulson
1980Synaptomys meltoni Kurten and Anderson p. 269
1984Mictomys meltoni von Koenigswald and Martin
1988Mictomys meltoni Barnosky and Rasmussen
1994Mictomys meltoni Wood and Barnosky
1998Mictomys meltoni Fejfar and Repenning
2000Mictomys meltoni Bell and Barnosky

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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
genusMictomysTrue 1894
speciesmeltoni()

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.

†Mictomys meltoni Paulson 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available