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Basirepomys romensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Basirepomys romensis was named by Korth (2011). Its type specimen is USNM 23566, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rome, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Basirepomys romensis Korth p. 138 fig. 1

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
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
genusBasirepomys
speciesromensis

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.

Basirepomys romensis Korth 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth 2011Smaller than B. pliocenicus, larger than B. robertsi, lowest-crowned cheek teeth; broad, single anteroconid on m1; doubled anterocone on M1; alternation of cusps not complete on m3; mesolophs (-ids) variably present on molars; ectostylid present on m1 and m2.
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Peromyscus pliocenicus (type locality: 19036)