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Phoberomys bordasi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae

Taxonomy
Phoberomys bordasi was named by Patterson (1942). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 22666, a set of teeth (Right p4-m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Rio Purus, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Phoberomys bordasi Patterson
1956Phoberomys bordasi Paula Couto p. 97

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyNeoepiblemidaeKraglievich 1926
genusPhoberomysKraglievich 1926
speciesbordasi

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.

†Phoberomys bordasi Patterson 1942
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Patterson 1942Much smaller than P. burmeisteri or P.praecursor; p4 with three anterior laminae united externally as in praecursor, anterior lamina very small and antero-internal in position; m1 with anterior lamina less concave posteriorly and narrower transversely than in burmeisteri.
Measurements
partNmean
m1 a-p diameter at center of tooth diameter116.5
m1 greatest oblique diameter of grinding surface diameter119.5
p4 a-p diameter at center of tooth diameter116.4
p4 greatest oblique diameter of grinding surface diameter118.5

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, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Phoberomys bordasi (136717)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Amazonas) Phoberomys bordasi (67386)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Amazonas) Phoberomys bordasi (type locality: 148207)