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Centimanomys major
Taxonomy
Centimanomys major was named by Galbreath (1955) [genotype]. Its type specimen is KUMVP 9902, a mandible (left jaw with i, p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horsetail Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Centimanomys.
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-24
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Centimanomys major Galbreath p. 75 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2022 | Centimanomys major Korth et al. |
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†Centimanomys major Galbreath 1955
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. C. Galbreath 1955 | As for the genus. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Chadronian to the top of the Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Centimanomys major (type locality: 16977) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Centimanomys major (16917 17014) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Centimanomys major (230806) |