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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

Year	Name and author
1996	Zamoramys extraneus Peláez-Campomanes and López-Martínez p. 326

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
genus	Zamoramys
species	extraneus

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

Reference	Diagnosis
P. Peláez-Campomanes and N. López-Martínez 1996	Small, 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, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Spain (Zamora)	Zamoramys extraneus (type locality: 79704)