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Petromus
Taxonomy
Petromus was named by Smith (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Thryonomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Petromuridae by Sallam and Seiffert (2019).
It was assigned to Thryonomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Petromuridae by Sallam and Seiffert (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Petromus Smith |
| 1997 | Petromus McKenna and Bell |
| 2019 | Petromus Sallam and Seiffert |
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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. Petromus Smith 1831
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa (Namaqualand) | P. sp. (51187) |