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Oxynocricetodon leptaleos

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Eucricetodon leptaleos was named by Wang and Meng (1986). Its type specimen is IVPP V7953.1, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Caijiachong (IVPP Loc. 80026), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Caijiachong Formation of China. It is the type species of Oxynocricetodon.

It was recombined as Oxynocricetodon leptaleos by Wang (2007), Gomes Rodrigues et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Eucricetodon leptaleos Wang and Meng
2007Oxynocricetodon leptaleos Wang
2010Oxynocricetodon leptaleos Gomes Rodrigues et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyPseudocricetodontinaeEngesser 1987
genusOxynocricetodon
speciesleptaleos()

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.

Oxynocricetodon leptaleos Wang and Meng 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Eucricetodon leptaleos (175389 175390 175392)