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Cedromus wilsoni

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Discussion

Diagnosis. - Smaller than C. wardi; ectoloph incomplete, continuous from paracone to mesostyle on P4-M3, not connecting with metacone; metaconule variably continuous with protocone by narrow connection; hypolophid more strongly developed than in type species, commonly continuous with ectolophid; anterostylid variably present on P4.(Korth and Emry, 1991: p. 991)

Taxonomy
Cedromus wilsoni was named by Korth and Emry (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 256584, a skull (Complete skull with all teeth except P4s), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Channel Cut Site, which is in an Orellan/Whitneyan channel sandstone in the White River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Cedromus wilsoni Korth and Emry p. 991 figs. 1, 2.1, 6

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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()
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
familySciuridae
subfamilyCedromurinaeKorth and Emry 1991
genusCedromusWilson 1949
specieswilsoni

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.

†Cedromus wilsoni Korth and Emry 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Whitneyan or 33.90000 to 29.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan - Whitneyan33.9 - 29.5USA (Wyoming) Cedromus wilsoni (type locality: 207058)