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Tenudomys ridgeviewensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Tenudomys ridgeviewensis was named by Korth and Branciforte (2007). Its type specimen is UNSM 130522, a tooth (right p4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ridgeview, which is in a Geringian coarse channel fill conglomerate in Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Tenudomys ridgeviewensis Korth and Branciforte p. 197 figs. 8A - G

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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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusTenudomysRensberger 1973
speciesridgeviewensis

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.

Tenudomys ridgeviewensis Korth and Branciforte 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007Near size of Tenudomys bodei (Wilson, 1949), smaller than all other Arikareean species of the genus; on P4, entostyle more anterior and protocone more transversely elongated (larger fused paracone) than in T. bodei; hypolophid of p4 broader (hypostylid pres- ent) relative to metalophid than on T. bodei.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:06:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: Geringian or 29.50000 to 24.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) Tenudomys ridgeviewensis (type locality: 17709)