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Ansomys descendens
Taxonomy
Sciurodon descedens was named by Dehm (1950). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wintershof-West, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill horizon in Germany.
It was recombined as Plesispermophilus descedens by Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud (1979); it was recombined as Ansomys descendens by Hopkins (2004).
It was recombined as Plesispermophilus descedens by Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud (1979); it was recombined as Ansomys descendens by Hopkins (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1950 | Sciurodon descedens Dehm |
| 1979 | Plesispermophilus descedens Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud |
| 2004 | Ansomys descendens Hopkins p. 734 |
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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.
†Ansomys descendens Dehm 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||