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Cedaromys parvus

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Cedaromys parvus was named by Eaton and Cifelli (2001). Its type specimen is OMNH 25747, a tooth (M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is OMNH V239, Mussentuchit, which is in a Cenomanian channel horizon in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hutchisoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Cedaromys parvus Eaton and Cifelli pp. 490-495 figs. 14-16
2004Cedaromys parvus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 321

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
genusCedaromys
speciesparvus

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.

†Cedaromys parvus Eaton and Cifelli 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. G. Eaton and R. L. Cifelli 2001Smaller than C. bestia (AP means about 15% less), with higher crested
p4s (L:H = 0.66).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Cedaromys parvus (14396 14397 14398 type locality: 14399 14403 14405) Paracimexomys sp. A (14407) Ptilodontoidea indet. (14395)