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Remys major

Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Taxonomy
Remys major was named by Comte et al. (2012). Its type specimen is CHC121, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chéry-Chartreuve, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. garimondi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Remys major Comte et al.

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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
superfamilyTheridomyoideaAlston 1876
familyTheridomyidaeAlston 1876
genusRemysThaler 1966
speciesmajor

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.

†Remys major Comte et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 07:20:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 09:20:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Grimes et al. 2004, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Remys sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Remys major (type locality: 177581)