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Basirepomys romensis
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Basirepomys romensis Korth p. 138 fig. 1 |
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†Basirepomys romensis Korth 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. W. Korth 2011 | Smaller 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
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| 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 |
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| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Oregon) | Peromyscus pliocenicus (type locality: 19036) |