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Plesiosminthus moniqueae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy
Plesiosminthus moniqueae was named by Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez (2017). Its type specimen is PDS 510, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pech Desse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. tangingoli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Plesiosminthus moniqueae Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyZapodidaeCoues 1875
subfamilySicistinaeAllen 1901
genusPlesiosminthusViret 1926
speciesmoniqueae

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.

†Plesiosminthus moniqueae Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: MP 28 or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Plesiosminthus moniqueae (type locality: 36715)