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Plesispermophilus ernii

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Plesispermophilus ernii was named by Stehlin and Schaub (1951). Its type specimen is Bale museum specimen no. 2180, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coderet (MP 30), which is in a MP 30 terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Plesispermophilus ernii Stehlin and Schaub

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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
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusPlesispermophilusFilhol 1882
specieserniiStehlin and Schaub 1951

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.

†Plesispermophilus ernii Stehlin and Schaub 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 12:56:39
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: MP 30 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2727.3 - 23.04Germany Plesispermophilus ernii (183682)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Plesispermophilus ernii (type locality: 179146)