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Cupressimus barbarae

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Taxonomy
Cupressimus barbarae was named by Storer (1978). Its type specimen is P661.101, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with p4-m1, alveoli for m2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cupressimus.

It was recombined as Viejadjidaumo barbarae by Wood (1980).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cupressimus barbarae Storer p. 26 figs. Figure 5B, C
1980Viejadjidaumo barbarae Wood
1983Cupressimus barbarae Ostrander
1987Cupressimus barbarae Storer
1992Cupressimus barbarae Korth

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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()
orderRodentia
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyEomyidaeWinge 1887
genusCupressimus
speciesbarbarae

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.

Cupressimus barbarae Storer 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Storer 1978As for genus. [p4, m1 brachydont, nearly equidimensional; lophids low, weak, rising to bulbous cusps; mesolophids short, low; talonid basins displaced toward posterior ends of teeth; posterior cingula short, compressed; p4 outline triangular, anterior spur from protoconid nearly reaching metaconid; My nearly square in Outline; anterior and posterior valleys very shallow, anterior cingulum connected to protoconid and free at both ends.]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Cupressimus barbarae (16919)