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Namatomys erythrus
Taxonomy
Namatomys erythrus was named by Emry and Korth (2012). Its type specimen is USNM 534545, a tooth (left m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flagstaff Rim I, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Namatomys erythrus Emry and Korth p. 423 fig. 5 |
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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.
†Namatomys erythrus Emry and Korth 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth 2012 | Differs from the type species in the following char- acteristics: smaller; cheek teeth less lophate; mesoconids lacking on lower molars; metalophulid I variably present on lower mo- lars; ectolophid not complete on m3. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Namatomys erythrus (type locality: 16960) |