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Karydomys wigharti

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Karydomys wigharti was named by Mörs and Kalthoff (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IPB-HaH 5297, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Hambach mine horizon 6C, which is in a MN 5 paralic lignite/claystone in the Ville Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Karydomys wigharti Mörs and Kalthoff p. 1390 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 1-3

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyDemocricetodontinae()
genusKarydomysTheocharopoulos 2000
specieswigharti

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.

†Karydomys wigharti Mörs and Kalthoff 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Mörs and D. C. Kalthoff 2004Very large democricetodontine; molars with simple tooth pattern; inflated cusps; thick molar enamel; M1 with broad, box-shaped and slightly split anterocone, with usually long mesoloph; M2 with short anterolophule and narrow first synclines, with strong tendency to establish posterior metalophule and small posterosinus; M3 reduced with weak lingual anteroloph, small sinus and weak hypocone; m1 with extremely short anteroconid, with very weak or absent labial posterolophid.