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Zamoramys extraneus

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Zamoramys extraneus was named by Peláez-Campomanes and López-Martínez (1996). Its type specimen is DPUCM SCL-10, a tooth (m2 inf. sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Santa Clara de Avedillo, which is in a Lutetian fluvial claystone in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Zamoramys extraneus Peláez-Campomanes and López-Martínez p. 326 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
genusZamoramys
speciesextraneus

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.

Zamoramys extraneus Peláez-Campomanes and López-Martínez 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Peláez-Campomanes and N. López-Martínez 1996Small, bunodont cheek teeth. Very small premolars. Upper teeth with the metaloph and paraloph convergent towards the protocone; hypocone well developed, lingually situated. Lower teeth with a strong, globular hypoconulid and small anteroconid; mesoconid either isolated or linked with a small crest to the posterior arm of the protoconid.
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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) Zamoramys extraneus (type locality: 79704)