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Prosigmodon ferrusquiai

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Prosigmodon ferrusquiai was named by Carranza-Castañeda and Walton (1992). Its type specimen is IGCU 7254, a tooth (right M1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Rancho El Ocote (Medial), which is in a Hemphillian channel claystone/sandstone in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Prosigmodon ferrusquiai Carranza-Castañeda and Walton p. 82

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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()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeSigmodontiniWagner 1843
genusProsigmodon
speciesferrusquiai

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.

†Prosigmodon ferrusquiai Carranza-Castañeda and Walton 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Guanajuato) Prosigmodon sp. (type locality: 18738)