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Miopetaurista dehmi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Miopetaurista dehmi was named by de Bruijn et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSP 1937 II 10997, m1 inf. sin., a tooth. Its type locality is Wintershof-West, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. p. 251 figs. Dehm (1950), fig. 36

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusMiopetauristaKretzoi 1962
speciesdehmi

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Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn et al. 1980M. dehmi is a snall Miopetaurista (estimated length p4-m3 10.4 mm). P4 slightly longer than M1-2, but narrower. Mesostylid well delimited in all lower cheek teeth. Mesostyl absent in P4 and M3, but present as a tiny ridge in M1-2. Parastyl of P4 unicuspidate. A small extra loph is present behind the protoloph in all upper cheek teeth.