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Notogaulus minor

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

Taxonomy
Notogaulus minor was named by Korth (2013). Its type specimen is F:AM 65886, a skull (nearly complete cranium lacking upper cheek teeth with associated left dentary with p4 and m2 ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Cruz, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Notogaulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Notogaulus minor Korth

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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
familyMylagaulidaeCope 1881
subfamilyMylagaulinaeCope 1881
genusNotogaulus
speciesminor

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.

†Notogaulus minor Korth 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth 2013Smaller than N. major; fewer fossettes (-ids) on premolars than N. major (p4 fossettids: mean = 6.00; P4 fossettes: mean = 6.57); premolars slightly wider relative to length than in N. major.
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 18.50000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (New Mexico) Notogaulus minor (19339)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Notogaulus minor (19287 type locality: 19535)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Notogaulus minor (19547)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) Notogaulus minor (19531)