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Taxonomy
Carbomys was named by Mein and Adrover (1982). Its type is Carbomys sacaresi.
It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).
It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).
Species
C. sacaresi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Carbomys Mein and Adrover |
| 1995 | Carbomys Daams and de Bruijn p. 11 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995 | Giant Myomiminae with low crowns and molars with six ridges. The centrolophid joins the protoconid. Mesolophid and posterolophid are isolated ridges. In the upper molars, the anteroloph and posteroloph are isolated. The P4 is very large compared to the molars. (translated from French). |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available