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Dakotallomys pelycomyoides

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Dakotamys pelycomyoides was named by Tedrow and Korth (1997). Its type specimen is UCMP 82834, a mandible (right mandible with p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Slim Buttes Brule F, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.

It was recombined as Dakotallomys pelycomyoides by Tedrow and Korth (1999).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Dakotamys pelycomyoides Tedrow and Korth p. 81 figs. Figures lA, IB, 2A; Table 1
1999Dakotallomys pelycomyoides Tedrow and 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
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
subfamilyProsciurinae
genusDakotallomys
speciespelycomyoides()

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.

Dakotallomys pelycomyoides Tedrow and Korth 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Tedrow and W. W. Korth 1997Differs from D. lillegraveni in being 20% larger, having more robust cusps and relatively larger entoconids and mesostylids on the lower molars, as well as ectostylids on ml and in2, and lacking buccal mesolophids.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 12:56:39
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Whitneyan or 31.80000 to 29.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) Dakotamys pelycomyoides (17334 type locality: 17384)