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Peromyscus brachygnathus
Taxonomy
Peromyscus brachygnathus was named by Gidley (1922) [Curtis locality]. Its type specimen is USNM 10501, a mandible (The greater portion of a right lower jaw carrying all the teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Baiomys brachygnathus by Hibbard (1941), Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was recombined as Baiomys brachygnathus by Hibbard (1941), Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Peromyscus brachygnathus Gidley p. 124 figs. pl.34, fig.12 |
| 1941 | Baiomys brachygnathus Hibbard |
| 1980 | Baiomys brachygnathus Kurten and Anderson p. 248 |
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†Peromyscus brachygnathus Gidley 1922
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. W. Gidley 1922 | Length of cheek-tooth series, 2.8 millimeters; about the size of P. taylori; jaw relatively short anterior to cheek teeth; last molar very much reduced, as much as in any living species of Onychomys. the teeth are too much worn to determine accurately their normal height in unworn condition, but they appear to be of the depressed type of P. taylori. The form and position of the anterior extension of the masseteric ridge, the general chracter of the coronoid region, and the relatively broadly expanded anterior lobe of the anterior cheek tooth seem to determine the generic reference of this species, but it differs from all living species of the genus in the relatively short jaw and the greater reduction of the last lower cheek tooth, which seems to have nearly or quite lost its hinder lobe. | |
| C. W. Hibbard 1941 | Lenght of cheek-tooth series, 2.5 millimeters; about the size of P. taylori jaw relatively short anterior to cheek teeth last molar very much reduced, as much as in any living species of Onychomys. The teeth are too much worn to determine accerately their normal height in unworn condition, but they appear to be of the depressed type of P. taylori. The form and position of the anterior extension of the massetric ridge, the general character of the coronoid region, and the relatively broadly expanded lobe of the anterior cheek tooth seem to determine the generic reference of species, but it differs from all living species of the genus in the relatively short jaw and greater reduction of last lower cheek tooth, wich seems to have nearly og quite lost its hinder lobe. |