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Antecalomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Antecalomys was named by Korth (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Antecalomys phthanus.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Korth (1998).

Species

A. phthanus (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Antecalomys Korth

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
genus	Antecalomys

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.

G. †Antecalomys Korth 1998

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†Antecalomys phthanus Korth 1998

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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Clarendonian or 10.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Nebraska)	Sigmodontinae indet. (18324)
Late/Upper Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Nebraska)	A. phthanus (18327)
Hemphillian	10.3 - 4.9	USA (Washington)	A. sp. (232055)